960 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN EARTHWORMS, 



they were irregularly *S-shaped. The two elongate, flattened, stalked 

 ovaries occupy the usual position in xni, and opposite them are the 

 anterior portions of the oviducts which open separately on the 

 ventral surface of xiv. There are three pairs of spermathecse in 

 segments vn, viii, and IX, opening anteriorly ; each spermatheca 

 consists of a large pear-shaped or rounded sac with a narrow but 

 distinct stalk from which at the level of its piercing the body-wall 

 is given off a long filiform caecum or appendage, much crimped 

 otherwise it would be longer than the stalked pouch. 



There are very large hearts in x, xi, and xn. 



The small tufts of glandular tubules attached to the coeloinic 

 wall are probably the segmental orgaus. 



Hab. — Auburn near Parramatta, N.S.W. 



Obs. — Common under logs and pieces of bark after rain. 



15. Perich^ta Barronensis, n. sp. 



Among the worms collected by Mr. Froggatt from North 

 Queens] and there are four small specimens apparently young 

 and immature but sufficiently distinct from those of any other 

 species examined by me, to permit of, at any rate, a preliminary 

 description. The largest of them consists of about 125 segments, 

 and is 62 mm. long, and 4 mm. broad. The prostomium is large, 

 the projecting portion being spherical ; superiorly it is lightly 

 grooved longitudinally in the middle line, the groove continuing 

 backwards, dividing the buccal ring — which is very narrow — and 

 being visible about as far back as segment xvi, interrupted by the 

 dorsal pores where these are present ; all the specimens show it, 

 so that it is probably normal ; the buccal ring is also divided 

 longitudinally in the median ventral line. 



The body in all the specimens is constricted from about xm to 

 xvi ; the diameter at the extremities is much less, and the anterior 

 one slightly bent upwards. After the first few the segments 

 increase in width for some distance, and are tri-annulate. 



Clitellum developed in only one specimen, comprises four 

 segments xiv to xvn, complete all round. Setae about 40 per segment, 

 not in complete circles ; the median ventral break is perfectly 



