Preliminary Notice of Victorian Earthworms. 9 



Prostates small, flattened, and bilobed, but with a single 

 duct in segment 18. 



Sperm sacs attached to the posterior wall of segment 9, 

 the anterior of segment 12, and a small pair to the anterior 

 of segment 14. 



Ovaries in segment 13, Avith oviducts opening into the 

 same segment. 



Spermathecpe, five pairs, in segments 5-9. Each consisting 

 of a large sac, with a diverticulum of about the same length 

 as the sac. 



Habitat. Tallarook, Goulburn River. Collected by 

 Mr. A. Ji. S. Lucas. This is locally known as the " red 

 worm." 



(7) Perlchceta frencJdi, sp. n. (Figs. 31, 32, 33, 79). Lengtl) 

 of spirit specimen 2-4 inches, breadth about ^ inch. 

 Nam ber of segments 110. 



Spirit specimens are dark purple colour in frorit of the 

 clitellum, save on the mid-ventral surface ; dark purple 

 median dorsal line ; the rest of the body a dirty wliite. 



Prostomium not completely dovetailed into the peris- 

 tomium (about half). The peristomium marked by a 

 distinct median ventral cleft. 



Clitellum occupying segments 13-16, together with some- 

 times the anterior part of . 7 dorsally. 



Setse, 10 each side in front of the clitellum, behind this 

 12 each side. 



Male poi'es on papilhe on segment 18, at the level of Uu' 

 interval between the two inner sette of each side. A 

 distinct depi'ession between the two papillae. 



Oviduct pores on a small elliptical patch on segment 14, 

 anterior to, and slightly ventral of, the innermost setse. 



Spermathecal poi'es, five pairs, between segilients 4 and 5, 

 5 and 0, G and 7, 7 and 8, 8 and 9. at t!ie level of the 

 innermost setse on each side. 



Accessory copulatory structures. Median ventral ridges, 

 with linear depressions on the anterior parts of segments 

 19, 20, 21 and 22. Median ventral ridges on the posterior 

 parts of segments 9 and 10 ; the anterior of the two, small. 



Dorsal pores present, the first between segments 4 and 5. 



Alimentary cana!. Gizzard in segment o. True calciferous 

 glands in segments 10, 11 and 1 2. Large intestine com- 

 mencino; in seo-ment 1 5. 



