314 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vor one, 
attached to the intestine. They have an attachment dorsally to 
the dorsal vessel, by a connective tissue strand, at about the 
middle of each segment, and extend downwards nearly as far as 
the level of seta b. 
Testes and funnels are free in segment ix, and in this segment 
only. Vesiculae seminales are present in segments x, xi and xii, 
on the anterior wall of each segment; those of x were of moderate 
size, those of xi and xii were small and obviously not fully de- 
veloped,—indeed the one on the left side of xii was wanting. 
The prostate, in the single specimen, was small, tongue-like, 
and contained mostly in segment xix; passing forwards it becomes 
the considerably coiled duct, which remains soft and non-muscular, 
and, keeping the same diameter all the way, ends in segment xvii. 
The vas deferens joins the gland at its base, where it passes into 
the duct. From the number of strands which radiate from the 
neighbourhood of the male aperture to the bodywall this region 
appears to be very retractile. 
Small ovaries were present on both sides. 
The spermathecae were small and not fully developed. They 
were situated in segments vii and viii, opening in 6/7 and 7/8, near 
the middle line, and appeared as small ovoid sacs, narrowing to a 
duct, which is scarcely separately distinguishable; there is a single 
diverticulum which arises from the base of the ampulla, is cylin- 
drical in shape, and about half to two-thirds as long as the 
ampulla. 
No penial setae were discoverable. 
Remarks.—The remarkable shifting forwards of the organs in 
the anterior part of the body occurs here as in the type form 
(23). The chief differences which mark the present example as 
distinct are the extra pair of calcareous glands in segment viii, 
and of seminal vesicles in xii, and especially the presence of only a 
single pair of testes and funnels. Less important are the differ- 
ences in the setal arrangement, and in the extent of the dorsal 
pores. 
Through the kindness of Dr. Annandale I was able to re-ex- 
amine the type form of the species, in order to compare the condi- 
tion of the nephridia in the hinder part of the body. Here also I 
found meganephridia of considerable size, which lie, in the dissec- 
tion, not on the bodywall but on the intestine ; the nephridia are 
attached to the intestine in the immediate neighbourhood of the 
dorsal vessel; each consists of a series of loops, of which the dorsal 
are the largest; and thus each nephridium as a whole is stouter 
dorsally and thins towards its ventral end. 
I also took the opportunity of re-examining the type form as 
regards the prostates. I found that they were much lobulated, 
indeed cut up to an extreme degree, and nothing could be further 
from the tubular type. The condition is illustrated in pl. xxx, 
fig. 8. The difference between the variety and the type form is 
probably due to the earlier stage of development of the latter. 
