Description of Victorian Earthworms. 147 



Ovaries in segment l;>, with oviducts opening into the 

 same. 



Spenuatheca^, 2 pairs in segments 8 and 9, each consisting 

 of a Jong sac, with very sliort bluiit diverticulum. 



Habitat. Dandenong Ranges. Collected by Mr. J. Hulme. 



(3) Mc(jascolides Ituhnei sp. n. (Figs. 40, 41, 42, 7(j). 



Of several specimens, none are perfect, some wanting 

 the anterior, others the posterior end. These worms are 

 remarkably long and attenuated. One specimen, which 

 is incomplete posteriorly, measures 3 ft. 5 in. in length. 

 Another measures the same length, but lacks the anterior 

 end. A perfect spirit specimen will prc^bably measure 

 4 feet ; width ^-^ inch. 



Prostomium feebly developed and not at all dovetailed 

 into the peristomium. 



Clitellum remarkably developed, extending over segments 

 13-20,. and measuiing 2 inches in length. Complete and 

 very sharply marked off at either end. The indications of 

 the segments are completely obliterated. 



Setpe, in four couples, regularly arranged ; the rows of the 

 outer couples which are lateral in position, being slightly 

 further apart than those of the inner couple. 



Male pores on segment 18 inconspicuous. Difficult to 

 determine their position with regard to the setre, but they 

 are probably at the level of the innermost setfe. 



Oviduct pores on segment 14. 



Spermathecal pores, two pairs between segments 7 and 8, 

 8 and 9. 



Accessory copulatory structures. A circular ])atch in fiont 

 of the oviduct pores, partly on segments 13 and 14. Two 

 circular patches, one on (^ach of the segments 16 and 17. 

 Three elliptical patches, the first half on segment 19, and 

 half on 20 ; the second and thiixl with the same relationshi]) 

 to segments 20 and 21, 21 and 22.- 



Dorsal pores present, the first between segments 8 and 9. 



Alimentary canal. Gizzard in segment 5. No true 

 calciferous glands. Large intestine commencing in segment 



Circulatory system. Dorsal vessel single. Hearts in 

 segments 6-13. Supra-inte.stinal in segments 8-13. 



Excretory system. Plectonephric." No large paired 

 nephridia. 



