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lateral angles of the cushion of segment xi., also just outside 
the line of sete 5; since the groove 10/11 is pushed for- 
wards by the thickened area, these pores occupy a posi- 
tion which would be in the groove if this had its normal 
position. 
The female pores are possibly between the lines of a and 
6 in groove 11/12. The spermathecal pores were not dis- 
tinguishable externally ; from internal examination they 
pierce the body-wall in line with the ventral sete. 
Septa 6/7-8/9 are somewhat thickened. There are three 
gizzards in segments xiii.-xv., and perhaps a rudimentary 
gizzard in addition in segment xi. The last hearts are in 
segment ix., but anteriorly in segment x. a large branch is 
given off on each side from the dorsal vessel, and passes 
obliquely downwards and backwards behind the testis-sac to 
the ventral body-wall. 
The testis-sacs are one pair, projecting mostly into seg- 
ment x. The prostates are upright sausage-shaped struc- 
tures, slightly curved round the gut; their surface is soft ; 
the vas deferens joins the prostate low down on its inner 
face, and can be seen to ascend for some distance on the 
gland. An exactly similar pair of prostates is present in 
segment ix. 
The presence of an ovarian chamber is, in the type-speci- 
men, doubtful on account of its condition. The ovisacs are 
finger-shaped, and extend back to segment xii. or xiii. 
The spermathecal ampulla is small and subspherical. The 
atrium is large, ovoid, and sac-like, in segment vii.; its 
surface is soft, not muscular, and it narrows to its attach- 
ment to the body-wall in line with the ventral series of 
sete; the duct joins the atrium near its base on the pos- 
terior side. 
Bhagamandla, 4000 ft., Coorg, S. India. 
Drawida elegans, C. R. N. Rao. 
Length 130 mm.; diameter a little behind the middle 
5mm. Segments 206; viil.—xvul. bi- or triannular; the 
first two segments very short. Colour a nondescript grey, 
non-pigmented. Prostomium retractile, prolobous. No 
dorsal pores. Nephridiopores in the line with the lateral 
sete. 
Setze closely paired ; aa = be ; dd = 3 circumference. 
Clitellum not definitely distinguishable. Male pores 
small, a little outside the line of sete 6. Female pores 
minute, in the line of 6. Spermathecal pores just below the 
line of c. 
Septa 5/6-8/9 exceptionally stout. Five gizzards, in 
segments Kll.—Xvl., the first rudimentary. Alimentary 
