136 On some Earthworms from India and Palestine. 
An ovarian chamber is present; the ovaries are prominent 
fringed projections on the anterior wall. The ovisacs are 
small projections into segment xii. 
The spermathecal ampulla is small and subspherical; the 
duct is not much coiled. The atrium, in segment vii., is a 
large tongue-shaped structure, with a constriction a quarter 
or one-third of its length from the body-wally the margins 
of the atrium are slightly lobed; the duct joins its lower 
portions. 
Madapur, 3500 ft., Coorg. 
Helodrilus (Dendrobea) samariger (Rosa). 
Huldah, Judean Mountains ; 5.iv.1921 (J. Aharoni), A 
single specimen, mature. Called the ‘“dew-worm.” (234 
B.M.) 
Helodrilus (Allolobophora) aharonii, sp. n. 
Rehoboth, Palestine. Three specimens, in poor con- 
dition (7°. Ahar oni). (219 B.M.) 
The longest specimen is 105 mm. long and 4 mm. in 
diameter. Segments 141. Colour light brown, no difference 
between dorsal and ventral surfaces. Prostomium minute, 
tanylobous, with, however, a transverse groove across the 
tongue one-third of the way back. Dorsal pores exist from 
groove 6/7 backwards. 
The setze are very closely paired ; aa=140bc; dd is rather 
less than half the circumference. 
The clitellum is not very distinct, but appears to take up 
nine segments, Xxx.-xxxvill., with a “ wall”’ which embraces 
segments XXXill.—KXXVil. The male pores are indistinctly 
indicated as whitish thickenings on segment xv., between 
the lines of @ and ec. The ventral setze of segments X., X1., 
and xii. are on whitish cushions. 
Septum 5/6 is somewhat thickened, 6/7, 7/8, and 8/9 are 
much thickened, 9/10 and 10/1] somewhat so, and 11/12 
slightly. 
Calciferous glands are present in segments x., xi. yand xii. 
The gizzard probably occupies segments xvii. and Kviii., but 
the septa are so thinned as to be almost unrecognizable. 
The last hearts are in segment 1x. 
The male funnels are in segments x. and xi., and appear 
to be free (a delicate testis-sac would, however, in the 
condition of the specimens not have been distinctly recog- 
nizable). Seminal vesicles are present in segments ix., X., 
xi., and xii.; those im ix., xi., and xii. are large and only 
slightly lobed ; those of segment X. are very much swaller. 
Spermathecze, small and spherical, are present in line with 
the lateral setwe, opening in 9/10 and 10/11. 
