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on the border-line between segments xi/xii, behind the ventral setae. The structure 

 of the reproductive organs has already been described in treating of the characters of 

 the family. 



(i) Rhynchelmis limosella, HOFFMEISTEB. 

 B. limosella, HOFFMEISTER, Arch. f. Nat. 1843, p. 192. 

 Euaxes filirostris, GKUBE, Arch. f. Nat. 1844, p. 204. 



Definition. Lengt/t, a 30 mm. ; number of segments, 150. Body more or less quadrangular. 

 Prostomium long. Setae posteriorly reduced to one in each lundle ; chloragogen-covering 

 of gut commences in the seventh segment. Hob. Europe. 



Illustrations of this species and of its development are given in the following 

 papers and books: GRUBE (9, PI. vii. figs, i a-d), MENGE (PI. iii. pp. 14-17), 

 KOVALEVSKY (Pis. iii-v), VEJDOVSKY (5, Pis. xxi-xxiv), 24, PI. xii. figs. 33, 34, 

 PI. xiii. figs, i-n, PL xv. fig. 27, PI. xvi. figs. 1-16). 



(2) Rhynchelmis obtusirostris, MENGE. 

 Euaxes obtusirostris, MENGE. Arch. f. Nat. 1845, p. 31. 



Definition. Length, 55 mm. ; number of segments, 100. Prostomium obtuse. Jlab. 

 Belgium ; Germany. 



The principal reason for retaining this species (figured by MENGE [PL iii. figs. 1-13]) 

 is that D'UDEKEM and MENGE had the opportunity of studying both this species and the 

 last, and were, therefore, presumably not likely to have made an error. Otherwise, 

 as VAILLANT says (6, p. 220), the characters are very incomplete. 



Genus TRICHODRILTTS, CLAPAREDE. 



DEFINITION. Setae simple ; dorsal vessel with 2-5 contractile perigastric branches, 

 but with no caeca ; spermathecae in XI, XII ; male pores on X. 



This genus has been investigated by CLAPAREDE only. It comes very near to 

 Phreatothrix, from which it differs principally in the fact that it has no caecal 

 appendages of the dorsal blood-vessel. There is but one species 



Trichodrilus allobrogum, CLAPAREDE. 

 T. allobrogum, CLAPAREDE, Me'm. Soc. Phys. Gen. j 862, p. 267. 



Definition. Length, 25 mm. ; about 70 segments. Prostomium conical, long, not separated by 

 furrow from buccal segment. Spermathecae opening behind ventral setae. Nephridia in VI 

 and then again from XII onwards. Hab. River Seine (Geneva). 

 The anatomical characters are fully illustrated in CI.APAREDE'S memoir. 



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