366 ALFRED GIBBS BOURNE. 
connected with the hearts of Segment 1x only; no supra- 
intestinal vessel. 
Habitat: Ootacamund and Coonoor. 
M. robusta, A.G.B., 1886. (Syn. M. indicus, Benham, 1893.) 
Size, 200 mm. long, 19 mm. in circumference. 
Segments 160. 
Pigment present in quantity, bluish to greenish brown. 
Setz 0°3 mm. long, dorsal gap 11 mm., lateral gaps 2°5 mm., 
ventral gap 3 mm. 
Nephridiopores, perhaps normally, all in the direction of 
the outer seta rows (see remarks below). 
Male pores nearer the outer seta rows than the inner. 
Oviducal pores in the direction of the inner seta rows. 
Spermathecopores in the direction of the outer seta rows. 
Septa vi-vir to vii1-1x slightly thickened, v-v1 not to any 
appreciable extent. 
Gizzard in four lobes, occupying segments XII—Xv. 
S perm-sacs broadly oval. 
Prostates differ in shape from those of the preceding species 
only in the fact that they usually lap over a little towards the 
middle line ; glandular in appearance. 
Ovaries enclosed. 
Spermathece pyriform to oval. 
Copulatory pouches bilobed, the anterior lobe larger than 
the posterior, and its extremity usually folded over, so as to 
point backwards. 
Vascular System.—The latero-longitudinal vessels are 
connected with the hearts of Segments vill and 1x. No supra- 
intestinal vessel. 
Habitat.—Widely spread on the Nilgiris. 
M. sapphirinaoides, A.G.B., 1886. 
Size, 140 mm. long, 17 mm. in circumference, 
Segments, 160. 
Pigment present in quantity, bluish-red. 
