408 ARTHUR DENDY. 



New South Wales, where the common viviparous species has 

 been obtained in hundreds. 



(3) If Mr, Fletcher's conclusion that Sanger's specimen 

 was a female be correct, then it can hardly have been 

 O. insignis, for no mention is made of the very characteristic 

 ovipositor of that species. If, on the other hand, it was 

 a male, it is hai'dly likely that Sanger would altogether have 

 overlooked the papillte of the crural glands.^ Therefore it 

 was probably a female of the common New South Wales 

 viviparous species, with fifteen pairs of walking legs. 



In short, it appears to me only reasonable to adhere to the 

 old view that the common viviparous New South Wales 

 species is P. Leuckartii, and to retain my specific name 

 in sign is for the fourteen-legged oviparous Victorian and 

 Tasmanian species, at any rate until such time as a re- 

 examination of Sanger's type may prove this view to be 

 erroneous. 



Localities. 



Victoria. — Macedon (coll. Hogg) ; Sassafras Gully ; Fern- 

 tree Gully ; Gembrook. 



Tasmania. — Dee Bridge (coll. Spencer); Mount Welling- 

 ton (coll. Morton). 



IV. Summary op Results. 



The principal conclusions arrived at in this memoir may 

 be briefly summarised as follows : 



1. The genus Ooperipatus includes a number of ovi- 

 parous Onychophora characteristic of Eastern Australia, 



' It may be argued that if my view be correct, Sanger lias made a mucli 

 more serious omission in not mentioning tlie oral papillae. He may well have 

 considered, however, that the oral papillse, exhibiting no specific characters, 

 did not require specific notice. It is hardly likely that he would count the 

 oral papillae as legs, for he distinctly says that the legs have "soles" 

 (meaning spinous pads), and these, of course, as well as the claws, are wanting 

 in the oral papillae. 



