Preliminary Notice of Victorian Earthworms. 13 



Accessory copulatoiy structures. Narrow tumid ridges 

 placed on the mid-ventral lines between segments 17 and 

 18, IS and 19, 19 and 20. The single ridge may be divided 

 into two halves, the centre of each half corresponding with 

 the level of one of the innermost setce. Special small tumid 

 patches are constantly present, surroundin-g the openings of 

 the two posterior pairs of spermathecae. 



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



Alimentary canal. Gizzard in segment 5. No true cal- 

 ciferous glands present. Vascular swellings in segments 

 9-12. Large intestine connnencing in segment IS. 



Circulatory system. Dorsal vessel single. Hearts in 

 segments 8-12. A supra - intestinal vessel present in 

 .segments 9-12. 



Excretory S3^stem. Meganephric. 



Reproductive s_ystem. Two pairs of testes in segments 

 10 and 11, into which open the rosettes. 



Prostates, flattened bodies folded over the intestine on 

 each side in segment 18. 



Sperm sacs, two pairs, one attached to the anterior wall 

 of segment 12, the other to the posterior wall of segment 9. 

 Sac-like in form. 



Ovaries in segment 13, with oviducts opening into the 

 same segments. 



Spermathecse, four pairs, in segments G, 7, S and 9. Each 

 consisting of a long sac, with a very short diverticulum at 

 its base. 



Habitat. Healesville (collected by Dr. Dendy), living in 

 rotten logs. 



I liave much pleasure in associating with this the name of 

 Dr. Dendy. 



(11) Fericliwta locheusis, sp. n. (Figs. 1, 2, 3). Length of 

 spirit specimen 8 inches, breadth about ^ inch. 



Prostomium not completely dovetailed into the peristomium 

 (about f). 



Clitellum well-marked and complete, extending over seg- 

 ments 14-16, and including also the posterior part of segment 

 13. 



Setae ; the usual number on each side, as far back as the 

 17th segment, is 9; there may occasionally be 11 ; after and 

 including the 19tli segment there are 10. A small posterior 



