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the cesophagus in xi. Some finger-shaped alimentary 
appendages are present. The last heart is in segment ix. 
The testis-sacs are large, and project into segments 1x. 
and x. The prostates are small, soft, transversely oval 
cushions, sessile on the body-wall; the vasa deferentia join 
their anterior borders. 
An ovarian *chamber appears to have been present, with 
the ovary on its anterior wall. The ovisacs extend back to 
segment xiil. 
The spermathecal ampulla is somewhat polygonal from 
the pressure of surrounding parts. There is no visible 
atrium. 
It is necessary to speak with some caution as to the in- 
ternal anatomy of this species, as the single specimen has 
been much pulled about. 
Moornad, Coorg, S. India. 
Drawida paradoxa, C. R. N. Rao. 
Length 90 mm.; average diameter 3 mm. Segments 
152; segment i. is very small—a very narrowring. Unpig- 
mented, colour light grey. Prostomium prolobous. No 
dorsal pores. Nephridiopores not visible. 
Setz small, closely paired; aa in general=dc, but in the 
post-clitellar region = {dc ; dd is slightly less than } circum- 
ference. 
Clitellum not visible. Male pores small, inconspicuous, 
just outside the line of 6. 
Female pores not visible. 
Spermathecal pores small, in line with setze c. 
Septa 5/6-8/9 considerably thickened. Four gizzards, in 
segments xiii.—xvi., the first smallest, the last largest (in the 
second specimen the gizzards are in segments xli.-xv. ; the 
first is rudimentary, the last largest). The last heart is in 
segment 1x. 
There is one pair of testis-sacs, of moderate size, sub- 
spherical in shape, depending into segment x. The vas 
deferens is a relatively very large coil, partly in segment ix. 
and partly in x.; it comes into relation with the prostate 
near the base of the latter, and can be traced some distance 
up its anterior border before it becomes lost in the soft 
furry prostatic investment. The prostates are of consider- 
able size ; the larger part of each is flattened from side to 
side, the edges being soft, opaque, and white, and the axial 
portion more shiny (in other words, the “ glandular” in- 
vestment of the muscular tube is confined to the anterior 
and posterior borders of the latter); the ectal portion of 
the prostate is a twisted mass, bound together by connected 
tissue and adherent to the ventral body-wall. 
