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  W. 
  BLAXLAND 
  BENHAM. 
  

  

  section. 
  The 
  lip 
  of 
  the 
  funnel 
  is 
  only 
  definitely 
  formed 
  on 
  its 
  dorsal 
  border, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  seen 
  passing 
  upwards 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  septum 
  ; 
  on 
  this 
  lip 
  I 
  could 
  

   detect 
  no 
  cilia, 
  though 
  these 
  are 
  quite 
  evident 
  in 
  the 
  duct 
  itself. 
  The 
  septum 
  

   is 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  somewhat 
  pouched 
  backwards. 
  (Camera, 
  X 
  700.) 
  

  

  Fig. 
  46. 
  — 
  A 
  transverse 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  oviduct 
  about 
  mid-way 
  between 
  figs. 
  

   40 
  and 
  41. 
  (Camera, 
  X 
  700.) 
  

  

  Postscript. 
  — 
  Since 
  despatching 
  my 
  MS. 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  

   across 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Beddard 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc' 
  in 
  1902, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  

   p. 
  89, 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  unfortunately 
  overlooked. 
  In 
  discussing 
  the 
  female 
  repro- 
  

   ductive 
  organs 
  of 
  Eudrilus 
  he 
  introduces 
  some 
  remarks, 
  on 
  p. 
  95, 
  relative 
  to 
  

   " 
  nephridia 
  " 
  and 
  " 
  ccelomo-ducts 
  " 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  agreement 
  with 
  the 
  views 
  put 
  

   forward 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  paper. 
  He 
  is 
  " 
  not 
  convinced 
  " 
  that 
  the 
  oviducts 
  and 
  

   sperm-ducts 
  are 
  " 
  coelomo-ducts." 
  Purther, 
  he 
  makes 
  use 
  of 
  Bergh's 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  genital 
  duct 
  from 
  the 
  "peritoneal" 
  covering 
  of 
  the 
  

   nephridial 
  funnel 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  done, 
  and 
  indicates 
  the 
  

   probability 
  of 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  nephridial 
  funnel 
  being 
  peritoneal 
  in 
  origin. 
  He 
  

   concludes 
  (p. 
  97), 
  " 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  these 
  various 
  considerations 
  show 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  premature 
  to 
  regard 
  the 
  gonad-fuunel 
  of 
  the 
  Oligochaeta 
  as 
  

   essentially 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  nephridial 
  funnels." 
  

  

  I 
  regret 
  that 
  by 
  this 
  oversight 
  my 
  friend's 
  views 
  receive 
  no 
  recognition 
  in 
  

   the 
  body 
  of 
  my 
  paper. 
  

  

  June 
  6th, 
  1903. 
  

  

  