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ring, and the third pair to the posterior wall of the 11th 

 segment. The funnels of the vasa deferentia are situated 

 in segment 10 and 11. The ovaria are contained in the 

 13th segment; their shape is quite similar to that of L. 

 terrestris. A gizzard and the oesophageal glands are also 

 present, like in the last named species. 



As stated above , I believe that our specimens cannot be 

 identified with one of the species described before. By the 

 presence of widely distant bristles, the hidden position of 

 the male genital pores, and the compressed tail , they show 

 much resemblance to Allohophora complanata , but in this 

 species the clitellum consists of 10 segments (28th— 37th), 

 and the number of copulatory pouches amounts to 7 pairs '). 

 In Alloh. Boeckii Eis. ^) the setae are also widely separa- 

 ted from each other, showing a position quite similar to 

 that of our specimens; but according to the conformable 

 descriptions of Eisen and Rosa, this species has a small 

 size, its number of segments amounting only to 90, and 

 the clitellum is situated more backward , extending from 

 segment 29 to 33 (34). Perhaps our individuals may belong 

 to the Enterion platyurum , observed by Fitzinger in Au- 

 stria , and characterized by having »keine Genitalporen ? 

 Giirtel aus 6 Ringen, Borsten gleichweit" ^). Unfortunately 

 nothing is mentioned by him about the number of its co- 

 pulatory pouches , that in our specimens is greater than 

 in any other of the European species , except in Alloh. 

 complanata. Therefore I propose to name our species after 

 the Hungarian naturalist, that first described it. 



1) Conf. Kosa, I Lumbricidi del Piemonte, p. 40, fig. 2, 3 and 4; — Bed- 

 dard, loc. cit. ; — Ude, Ueber die Kiickenporen der terricolen Oligochaeten , 

 Zeitschr. f. Wissensch. Zoölogie, Bd. XLIII, p. 137. 



1 had recently the opportunity of confirming the correctness of these cha- 

 racters in two specimens from Algeria, kindly collected for me by Dr. H. ten 

 Kate; the first dorsal pore lies between segment 12 and 13, as mentioned by 

 Ude, but is somewhat concealed and therefore perhaps overlooked by Rosa. 



2) Rosa, loc. cit. p. 48. 



3) Isis, 1833, p. 553. 



Notes from tUe Leyden Museuna, "Vol. tX. 



