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that Mr. Rao’s competence in morphological work is of the 
same degree of reliability as that which he shows in his 
systematic descriptions. 
It is unnecessary to point out the errors in Mr. Rao’s 
accounts of the four other species. They are of the same 
fundamental character as those I have noted above in his 
description of D. somavarpatana. Instead, it will, I think, 
be preferable simply to give short accounts of the worms 
themselves. 
I may note that D. scandens is the same worm as one of 
which I have recently written a description, which is appear- 
ing in the ‘Records of the Indian Museum,’ under the 
name of D.raui. Mr. Rao’s name has the priority, and the 
name of D. raui must be withdrawn. 
I add to these descriptions an account of two species of 
earthworms which I received for identification some little 
time ago from the British Museum. These were collected 
by Mr. T. Aharoni; one species is already known, while the 
other appears to be new. 
Drawida somavarpatana, C. R. N. Rao. 
Length 85 mm.; diameter in middle of body 4 mm. 
Segments 124. Colour brownish yellow. Prostomium small, 
retracted under segment i. No dorsal pores. Nephridio- 
pores in the line of the lateral sete. 
Setze closely paired ; aa=be ; dd=4 circumference. 
Clitellum apparently comprising segments x.—xul. (= 4), 
but indistinct. The male pores are puckered orifices with 
tumid lips, situated a little outside the line of sete 6; in 
frout of and behind each is a curved depression, the con- 
cavities facing each other, the anterior on segment x., 
the posterior on xi.; the mid-ventral regions of these two 
segments are depressed. ‘The female and spermathecal 
apertures were not visible on external examination, but on 
dissection the spermathecal apertures were found to be in 
the line of the lateral setze. 
Septa 5/6-8/9 are slightly thickened. There are three 
gizzards (in the type-specimen), in segments Xvi.—xvill., of 
which the last is the largest. A double series of white 
dendritic appendages are seen lying dorsally, segmentally 
arranged, on the intestine ; these are somewhat reminiscent 
of the lymphatic glands of Pheretima, but the condition of 
specimens is too poor to allow of further examination. The 
last hearts are in segment ix. 
The testis-sacs have the disposition which was described 
by Michaelsen in D. ghatensis; the main portion of the 
sacs occupies segment xiv., and is connected to septum 9/10 
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