58 D. KEILIN 
In Allolophobora foetida, I found that the coelome 
of seements 5, 6 and 7 is often filled with a crowded mass of 
cells surrounding the glandular portion of the pharyngeal bulb 
(Text-fig. 1, f. ¢.). These cells, in sections fixed with Carnoy or 
Brazil, show a central nucleus lying in a condensed central 
portion of the protoplasm, while the remaining part of the latter 
is filled with vacuoles (Text-fig. 7). 
Sections of specimens fixed with Champy’s solution show 
that the external or vacuolar portion of these cells contains 
numerous globules stained in all shades, from dark brown to 
black. These globules are undoubtedly droplets of fat, which, 
in specimens fixed with Carnoy, are dissolved. It is quite pos- 
sible that this accumulation of fat, not only in the cells of the 
alimentary canal or peritoneal cells, but in the free coelomic 
cells, is only seasonal, and is related to the period of sexual 
activity of the earthworm. 
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