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rior end, and a pale brown middorsal stripe throughout the whole 

 length. The dorsal pores begin one segment earlier, in groove 4/5. 



The setae appeared to me to be much smaller than those of 

 the specimens first examined ; but this might be due to the differ- 

 ent state of preservation, — they might seem smaller in a softer 

 specimen, and might appear to project more in a harder and more 

 contracted one. The dorsal interval is equal to 2yz or less in front 

 of the clitellum, and is on the average 2^yz behind this. The 

 ventral interval is equal to 2^ab in the anterior part of the body 

 (irregular however in the preclitellar segments), and to 2ah in the 

 posterior half. The setae are rather wider apart dorsally than ven- 

 trally, but I did not notice any pairing of the setae. The largest 

 setae are those on the ventral surface in the preclitellar region. 



The sunken pigmented patches on the male genital field are 

 here sunken flat papillae, dark in colour but with a whitish margin, 

 and surrounded by a groove ; they are situated on furrows 16/17 ^^'i 

 19/20 respectively, — the anterior further forwards and the poste- 

 rior further back, than in the type specimens. In one of the two 

 worms in this batch the anterior papilla was double, one on each 

 side over the position of groove 16/17, the centre of each in a 

 line with the outer edge of the anterior prostatic pit ; thus the 

 whole male area, being widened anteriorly, becomes triangular 

 instead of oval. 



There were no distinct diverticula on the spermathecae, pro- 

 bably because there was no glistening mass of spermatozoa con- 

 tained within. 



I should perhaps have separated the specimens described 

 above from the type as a distinct variety characterized by the 

 different colour, the different position of the genital markings and 

 first dorsal pore, and perhaps the setal characters. The second 

 batch of specimens enumerated at the head of the account of this 

 species (Vareeg Islet) however decided me against this ; here the 

 brown colouration was well marked, as in the type specimens, but 

 the dorsal pores began from groove 4/5 as in the examples just com- 

 mented on ; the setae, too, appeared to be similar in size to those 

 of the latter, while the position of the anterior genital " papilla " 

 was intermediate, — on the anterior part of xvii, neither so far for- 

 ward as in the one nor so far back as in the other of the previous 

 batches. It seems best therefore to regard the species as a vari- 

 able one, but not to attempt to divide it. 



Genus Erythracodrilus. 



Erythraeodrilus kinneari, Stephenson. 



(PI. xvii, fig. 21). 



W. 65/1. Castle Rock, N. Kanara Dist., Bombay Pres. Oct. 1916. S. 

 W. Kemp. A single specimen, mutilated posteriorly. 



Before giving a few notes on the specimen in the present col- 

 lection I may add some remarks on the type specimens of the 



