Preliminary Notice, of Victorian Earthivorms. 15 



Male pores on papillfe on segment 18, at the level of the 

 interval between the two inner sette of each side. 



Oviduct pores on segment 14 slightl}^ anterior to, and very 

 nearly on, the same level as the innermost setfe of each side. 



Spermathecal pores, five pairs, betv/een segments -i and 5, 

 5 and 6, G and 7, 7 and 8, 8 and 9, at the level of the intervals 

 between the two inner set?e of each side. 



Accessory copulatory structures. These resemble somewhat 

 those of P. hakari, but the two forms may be distinguished 

 by the position of the spermathecal pores and the form of the 

 prostate. Between segments 17 and 18, 18 and 19, and 19 

 and 20, are three pairs of elliptical tumid patches, nearer to 

 the median line than the male pores. 



Dorsal pores present, the fii'st between segments 4 and o. 



Alimentary canal. Gizzard in segment 5. No true 

 caiciferous glands, but vascular swellings in segments 9-14. 

 Large intestine commencing in segment 1 8. 



Circulatory system. Single dorsal blood-vessel. Hearts 

 in segments 5-12, those in segments 5-8, small. No 

 continuous supra -intestinal vessel, but one in each of the 

 segments 1 2-8 (?), which is connected with the dorsal vessel 

 in the posterior part of the segment, and ends blindly in the 

 anterior part. 



Excretory system. Meganephric. 



Reproductive system. Two pairs of testes in segments 

 10 and 11, into which the rosettes open. 



Prostates coiled and tubular, extending thi-ongh segments 

 18 and 19, the blind end being in segment 18. 



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

 of segment 12, the other to the })osterior wall of segment 9. 



Ovaries in segment 13, into which the oviducts open. 



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

 of a long sac with a short diverticulum, about J the length 

 of the former. 



Habitat. S. Warragul (collected by Mr. W. Mann). 



(13) Perichceta ivalhalke, sp. n. (Figs. 43, 44, 45, 6Q). Length 



of spirit specimen 1 inch, width slightly less than 



^ inch. Number of segments 88. 



The form of the body is bluntly tapering at both ends. 



Tliere is a median broad dark purple-brown band stai'ting 



immediately behind the clitellum, and running back half 



way to the posterior end. Tn the median third of the body 



