Notes on Myriapoda. 



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Verhoefr (12) states in the passaj^e we have quoted that 

 various types of sternal glands are present in (Jcophilo- 

 morplis. 



After reraovinj; tlie alimentary canal of a specimen of 

 Geoj)hilus carpophngus recently killctl in alcohol without 

 discharj;ing the "white f;lands/' on opening the l)ody-eavity 

 along the mid-dorsal line, we have found that in addition to 

 the groups of definite opacjue "white glands," pyriforni in 

 shape and apparently unicellnlar, which are not fiinily 

 attached to the body- wall, there appears to be a eonsiderahie 

 mass of similar large transparent or semi-transparent glands 



I'ig. 15. 



Transverse section near the middle of the hotly of Giophilus carpopha(/us, 

 cJ, 47 pairs of legs, Durwen, August 1919, x 40. Some muscles 

 omitted. 



A, alimentary canal ; mt, Malpighian tubules ; t, t, testes; id, vd, vasa 

 deferentia ; db, dorsal hlood-vessel ; no, ventral nerve-cords ; fp, fat 

 and pij^ment-cells ; uif, muscle-fibres ; /, I, lejrs ; ij" , glands (? nuiciu) ; 

 (•/', glands (?protoluciferin). II. K. B.-B. del. 



lying loosely and irregularly among the muscles of the 

 ventral part of the body, and covered more or less completely 

 by an association of fat and pigment* cells spread out 

 among the connective tissue around them. Transverse 

 sections (figs. 15 and 16) show the same thing. 



* In our thirteenth pa])er, (2) p. 8, a specimen of G. caipop/iai/us 

 [13'^9], collected by Mrs. I'anyard, had what was described a? a "tinny 

 appearauco " — perhaps that character was due to these pigment-cells. 



