De<tcription. of Victorian Eartkivorms. 1JJ3 



Ovjiries attached to anterior wall of" sogineiit 13 ; oviducts 

 open into tiic same segment. 



Sjiermathecre in segments 5-9. Each consists of a long 

 sac, with a simple diverticulum about one-([uarter the length 

 of the sac. 



Habitat. Ci'oajingolong (East Gippsland). Collected 

 during an expedition of tiie Field Naturalists' Club of 

 Victoria. 



(2) C. internudiiis, sp. n. (Figs. 4, 5, G, 64). Spirit specimens 

 7 inches long, one-quartev inch broad. 



Prostomium very slightly dovetailed into the peristomium. 



Peristomium, with grooves, giving it a riljbed appearance. 



Clitellum well developed, extending over segments 14-17 

 and may include dorsally when fully developed the anterior 

 part of 18. 



The ventral parts of segments 17, 18 and 19, marked by 

 transverse swollen bands. 



Setre in couples, regularly arranged, except at the very 

 posterior end of the body, where the two outer rows are 

 irregular. The outer couple placed laterally and slightly 

 further apart from one another than the inner. 



Male pore, on segment IS, at the level of the first seta of 

 each side, on a slight papilla. 



Oviduct pores on segment 14 slight ventral of, and antericu' 

 to, the first setas. 



Spermathecal pores two in number; intersegmental; at 

 the level of the first setse, between segments 7 and 8, 8 and 

 9. 



Dorsal poi'es present. The first betv^^een segments 5 and (i. 



JVephridiopoi-es at the level of, and anterior to, the third 

 seta on each side. 



Alimentary canal. Gizzard in segment o. Vascular 

 swellings on the oesophagus in segments 10-17. Tho.se in 

 segments 15-17 large. jNo ti'ue calciferous glands. Large 

 intestine commencing in segment 19. 



Blood vascular system. Single dorsal vessel. Hearts in 

 segments 6-13. Lateral vessel in segments 5-8, sending 

 branches on to the walls of the pharynx. A supra-intestinal 

 vessel in the segments containing the hearts. 



Excretory system. Meganephric. One pair of nephridia 

 in each segment. 



Reproductive system. Testes, one pair in segment 11. 

 One pair of ciliated rosettes in the .same segment. Pi-ostates, 



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