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extremely dense on the body- \^ all in segments xv, xvi and xvii 

 they are rare or absent on the body-wall elsewhere. They are 

 however found in numbers on the septa ; thus they occur plenti- 

 fully on the posterior surface of the thickened septa from Vr, back- 

 wards, less abundantly in front of this; they occur as large 

 rosette-like tufts on the anterior surface of septa f — to, one on 

 each side, and as smaller tufts on rr and {} similarly. There is 

 also a large tuft on each side of the pharynx, 



Testes were not identified, but small iridescent funnels were 

 present in segments x and xi. A pair of seminal vesicles are 

 present in xii, attached to the posterior face of septum \\ ; they 

 are elongated so as to curve round the alimentary canal, and 

 touch each other in the middle line dorsally ; their surface is 

 lobulated. There are no seminal vesicles in segment ix. 



The prostates are of considerable size, in segment xviii, 

 septum Ts being rather bulged forwards and if markedly bulged 

 backwards ; they are cut up on the surface into a number of 

 lobules. The duct arises from the middle of the gland, is stout, 

 white and shining, comparatively short and only slightly bent. 



The ovarian funnels are small, in segment xiii. 



The spermathecae (fig. 4) lie in segments vii, viii and ix. 

 The ampulla is large, irregular in shape and may be bent on itself, 

 its form varies so much that no two seem exactly to resemble each 

 other. A duct can scarcely be described ; it is simply the narrow- 

 ing of the ampulla where it is attached to the body-wall ; from 

 this portion spring the two minute diverticula, one on each side of 

 the base of the ampulla, elongated and very slightly club-shaped. 



The genital setae (fig. 3) are 1*2 mm. in length and 36;^ in 

 maximum breadth ; they are gently curved. The distal "2 or '3 

 mm. of their length is armed with a number of triangular teeth, 

 of considerable size, pointing distalwards and set on the shaft at 

 an acute angle ; they extend further up the shaft on the side 

 which forms the convexity of its curve than on the opposite one. 

 The free end of the seta is broadened, and may be best described 

 as resembling a horse-shoe with a thin lamella spanning the 

 concavity (thus differing from the condition ia L. nianritii). 



The points which distinguish this species from L. mauritii, — 

 the species to which apparently it comes nearest, — are the " web" 

 connecting the limbs of the terminal horse-shoe of the penial setae, 

 as just mentioned; the broad, flat, characteristically shaped papil- 

 lae on segment xviii ; the gizzard in segment v ; and the presence 

 of only one pair of seminal vesicles. 



Pheretima posthuma (L. Vaill.). 



Ivyallpur (Punjab) ; Nov. 191 1 ; Madan Mohan Lai. 

 Saharanpur (United Provinces) ; 2i-viii-i9i2 ; Bishambar Das. 

 Hoshiarpur; July IQ13 ; Ibrahim. 

 Mian Mir (near Lahore) ; i5-xii-i9i3 ; Baini Parshad. 

 JuUundur ; Dec. 1913; Ibrahim. 



