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FletchePOdrilus, Michaelsen. 



(1). Fletcherodrilus unicus, Fl., var. major. 



Whilst collecting in the scrub near to Gayndah, in Queensland, 

 I met frequently with normal specimens of Fletcherodrilus 

 unicus^ burrowing under bark and logs of wood. All of these 

 were of the usual form, with I'elatively short firm bodies, not 

 exceeding some 6 inches in length, though quite mature. When 

 digging, however, in the same locality, round the base of some 

 Sterculia trees, I met, at a depth of some two or three feet, with 

 what appeared to be a very distinct species. The body was 

 always found coiled into a characteristic knot in an enlargement 

 in the burrow. It was a ruddy purple in colour, very soft, and 

 reached normally the length of two feet or even longer when 

 alive. Upon examining its structure, it proves to be identical 

 with that of the normal Fl. imicus^ found in the same spot. As 

 the external form and method of burrowing of the two are so 

 distinct, I have distinguished the large, deep burrowing form as 

 a variety. 



Megascolex, Templeton. 



(1). Megascolex andersoni, sp. n. (Figs. 37, 38, 39). 

 Spirit specimen 3;^ to 5 inches long, |- inch broad. 



Prostomium about three-quarters dovetailed into the peristo- 

 mium. 



Pei'istomium with a well marked median ventral cleft. 



Clitellum well marked, extending over segments 14-17. The 

 ventral surfaces of segments 10 and 11 are marked by prominent 

 white, glandular ridges. Accessory copulatory structures in the 

 form of two white glandular ridges ventrally on segments 19 and 

 20. 



Setae in front of the clitellum, 14-19 on each side. In the 

 middle of the body, 12-14, and at the posterior end, 18. 



Male pores or papillae on segment 18, at the level of the 

 ventralmost setae. Each papilla is at the ventral end of a 

 swollen ridge on segment 18. 



Oviduct pores on segment 1 1. 



Spermathecal pores. Three pairs between segments 6 and 7, 

 7 and 8, 8 and 9, just dorsal to the level of the ventralmost setae. 



