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S. Kemp : Onychophora. 



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Tvphloperipatiis. 

 Foot-hills of N.-E. Himalayas. 



Number of legs 19 or 20 pairs 



Number of legs variable 



Inner jaw with a diastema and 

 saw of denticles... 



Legs with 4 complete spinous 

 pads 



Nephridial openings of 4th and 

 5th legs on 3rd pad . . 



Feet with two distal papillae, 

 one anterior, one posterior . . . 



Genital opening between pen- 

 ultimate legs 



Receptacula seminis present 

 with two ducts ... 



Receptacula ovorum present . . 



Oviducts united in front of 

 ovary 



Ovaries completely fused with 

 a single cavity ... 



Ovary attached to pericardial 

 floor 



Ovary exogenous 



Ova large 



Embryo without trophic vesicle 



Uterine embryos of nearly the 

 same age 



L^npaired part of vas deferens 

 of great length... 



Spermatophore large, with 

 horn)' cap 



Skin-pigment brown, evanes- 

 cent in alcohol 



Legs with well-developed coxal 

 glands 



Crural glands of male in two 

 pre-genital pairs of legs only 



Accessor}' glands of male 

 opening- ventrally between 

 genital opening and anus ... 



Accessory glands of male open- 

 ing separately ... 



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It is dear that the affinities of Tvphloperipatiis are primarily 

 with its nearest geographical neighbour, Eoperipatus, with which, 

 except for the unique characters mentioned above, it agrees in all 

 important structural details but four, viz.— (i) the position of the 

 renal openings of the fourth and fifth legs which, as in most genera 



' It is not known if two ducts are present. 



2 According to Bouvier a tendency towards the formation of a trophic vesicle 

 is found in certain species. 



