MONILIGASTER GRANDIS, -A. G. B. 361 
Prostates hemispherical, not glandular in appearance (see 
p- 398). 
Ovaries enclosed (see p. 357). 
Spermathece pyriform to globular. 
. Copulatory pouches small, simple, embedded in the wre 
wall. 
Vascular System.—Latero-longitudinal vessels connected 
with the hearts of Segment 1x. No supra-intestinal vessel. 
Habitat.—Nilgiris, S. India. Widely spread at elevations 
from 5000—8000 feet, in dry grass land; burrows to 9—10 
feet, and remains coiled up at the bottom of the burrow during 
the dry season. 
M. naduvatamensis, sp. n. 
Prostomium small and pointed. 
Size, 500 mm. long, 16 mm. in circumference. 
Segments, 400. 
Pigment absent. 
Setz 0°3 mm. long, dorsal gap 9 mm., lateral gaps 2°5 mm., 
ventral gap 2 mm. 
Nephridiopores all almost exactly in the direction of the 
outer seta rows. 
Male pores rather nearer the outer seta rows than the 
inner. 
Oviducal pores in the direction of the inner seta rows. 
Spermathecopores midway between the outer and inner 
seta rows. 
Septa v-vi to vi1-1x thickened, but not so much so as in 
M. grandis. 
Gizzard in three lobes, occupying Segments xv—xvu. 
Sperm-sacs slightly kidney-shaped. 
Prostates glandular in appearance. 
Ovaries not enclosed. 
Spermathece pyriform to globular. 
Copulatory pouches small, simple, embedded in the body- 
wall. 
Habitat.—Naduvatam, Nilgiris, at about 6000 feet. 
