Desci-lplio)i of Victorldii E<irthv:orm>t. 1 !"!> 



Alimentarv canal. Gizzanl in sei^inent 0. No trut; 

 oalcit'ei-ous olaiids. Vascular s\vellino\s on tlie cpsopliaj^us in 

 segments 13, \\, and 15. Large intestine commences in 

 segment 18. 



Circulatory system. Dorsal blood-vessel single. Hearts 

 in segments (3-13. Supra-intestinal vessel in segments 9-1 '>. 



Excretory system. Plectonephric. No large jtaired 

 iiephridia. 



Reproductive system. Testes ni segment 11. Rosettes 

 in segments 10 and 11, those in the former small. 



Prostates comparatively small, flattened, with mammi Hated 

 surface, in segment 18. 



Sperm sacs lai'ge in segment 12; a small pair on the 

 anterior wall of segment 14. 



Ovaries in segment 13, with oviducts oi)ening into the 

 same segment. 



Spermatheca3, two pairs in sHgnK-nts 8 and i). Each 

 •consists of a sac, with two small rounded diverticula at tlie 

 l)ase. 



Habitat. Dandenong Ranges. Collected I)}- Mr. J. Hulme. 



;(5) Me(j<(.scol/<h;s luaniu, s|). n. (Figs. 40, 47, 48, 78). Length 

 of spirit specimen 10 inches, one-quarter inch broad. 



Prostomium not com])letely dovetailed into the peris- 

 tomium (about half), which is ribbed. 



Clitellum well marked, and slightly darker than the i-est 

 of the body in spirit specimens. Extending over segments 

 14-18. Complete, 



Set;e in fom- couples, regularly arranged, the distance 

 between the i-ows of the outer cou])le, which are laterally 

 placed, being slightly greater than that l)et\veen the ini^'r 

 ■couple. 



Male pores on segment 18, slightly veiiti-al of the level of 

 the iiniermost sette. 



Oviduct pores on segment 11% on a small whiti.sh elliptical 

 patch on the anteiior ])art of segment 14, the pores ventral 

 of the level of the innermost seta?. 



Spermathecal pores, two pairs between segments 7 and 8, 

 8 and 9, ventral of the level of the innermost setpe. 



Accessory copulatory stj'uctnres. Two club-shaped tuinid 

 patches, the tiist half on each of segments 17 and 18, the 

 second half on each of segments 1 8 and 19; a de])re.ssion in 



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