MONILIGASTER GRANDIS, A. G. B. 371 
would have been ruined for dissection. I quote one or two 
instances in which M. robusta approaches M. ophidioides. 
M. robusta specimen— 
Nephridiopores in Segments 111, Iv, v, and vi . . Outer seta rows. 
Pr, Pr vit and vir. . . . More dorsal. 
=f ay PX, &, ET 4) oy bs yon, Outerseta rows. 
Ss Pr XIk ; scm 6 <ec-e = More dorsal: 
3 $5 XG s,s e “Outer seta rows. 
Ss 3 MV, XV « .« «4* sf ol) Moré dorsal: 
46 Pr XVI, XVII. . «yj »° Outériseta rows: 
2 KYAT, TAs |. a vant egy e pore, dorsal. 
Pr ss x1x onwards. . . . Outer seta rows. 
M. robusta specimen— 
Nephridiopores in Segments 11—vil1 . . . . . Dorsad of outer seta 
rows. 
‘ Fe Ix onwards . . . . Outer seta rows. 
My original specimens of M. sapphirinaoides were very 
iridescent, this extreme iridescence is a local variation. The 
clitellum in all these ophidioid species becomes pinkish in 
spirit. 
‘Benham’s M. indicus is probably M. robusta, or 
perhaps a hybrid between that and M. sapphirinaoides, 
having most of the characters of the former, and a few (includ- 
ing size) of the latter species. Benham says the setz are 
2mm. long; this is surely a misprint, if not it must be a 
different species, or possibly a very strongly marked local 
variety. The specimen came, I think, from a part of the 
Nilgiris which I have not visited. 
M. parva, sp. n. 
Size, 75 mm. long, 4°25 mm. in circumference. 
Segments, 115. 
Pigment present in small quantity. 
Setz 0°4 mm. long, dorsal gap 2°75 mm., lateral gaps 0°75 
mm., ventral gap 0°75 mm. ; absent from Segment 11. 
Nephridiopores in the direction of seta 4, in Segment vi11 
just dorsal of (and behind, of course) the spermathecopore. 
Male pores between the outer and inner seta rows; papille 
often protrude. 
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