132 Dr, J. Stephenson on some 
by a narrow neck. The prostates are of peculiar shape ; 
each consists of two cylindrical or finger-shaped structures, 
which lie side by side and are slightly curled; these unite 
below, near the ventral body-wall, in a narrow neck, which 
again ‘swells out somewhat at its termination, where it joins 
the parietes. The whole is a conspicuous object in seg- 
ment x., on each side of the gut;-the surface is soft, and a 
friable layer can easily be detached from the finger-shaped 
projections, disclosing a firm, shining, and evidently mus- 
cular axis, no doubt with a lumen in its centre. ‘The 
junction of the vas deferens with the prostate was not 
seen. 
There is a definite ovarian chamber, and the ovisacs are 
large, extending back to segment xiv. 
The spermathecal ampulla is a somewhat ovoid sac. ‘The 
duct forms a large coil projecting into segment viil.; the 
atrium is bifid, and consists of two horns of moderate size, 
one in segment vii. and one in viii., the duct joining in the 
angle between the two horns. ‘The horns of the atrium are 
firm and shining ; the exit to the surface is in the line of 
the lateral sete. 
There are strong transverse muscular bands on the inner 
surface of the body-wall in the prostatic region, to the con- 
traction of which the depressions on the ventral surface of 
the genital region are doubtless due. 
Somvarpat, 4000 ft., Coorg, S. India. 
Drawida scandens, C. R. N. Rao. 
Length 38-43 mm.; maximum diameter 1:75 mm., 
average 155 mm. «Segments ca. 144-161. Colour brown, 
anterior end rather lighter. Prostomium prolobous. No 
dorsal pores.” Nephridiopores not seen. 
Sete in anterior part of body very large for so small a 
worm, especially the ventral sete from segment iv. back- 
wards and the lateral from x. ; ; aa is approximately equal 
to bc, and dd is rather more than half the circumference. 
Clitellum not distinguishable. In groove 9/10 is a trans- 
versely elongated cushion, somewhat dumbbell-shaped and 
divided by a mid-ventral fissure into-two; laterally this 
cushion extends to a point between the lines of setz 4 and e, 
but nearer the line c. ‘The ventral surface of segment xi. is 
thickened, and groove 10/11 is pushed forwards ; the lateral 
extent of the thickening is about the same as that of the 
cushion in groove 9/10. 
There are two pairs of male pores; one pair is on the 
cushion in 9/10, rather outside the line of setz 6; these 
belong to a second pair of prostates seen internally in seg- 
ment ix. The other pair of male pores are near the antero- 
