498 Dr. L. Co-netti Je Mart lis on the 



Testes and spenn-duct-funnels free in the x. and xi. seg- 

 ments. A pair of little grape-like sperm-sacs depends from 

 septum xi.-xii. into the xii. segment. 



A pair of tubular prostates lies in the xviii. segment, but 

 a short proximal part of these organs stretches out into 

 the xix. segment through septum xviii.-xix. The delicate 

 axial tube of each prostate is not ramified. The sperm-ducts 

 enter the proximal part of the muscular ducts of the prostates, 

 which is- a little coiled. There are no penial sette. 



A pair of ovaries and oviduct-funnels in the xiii. segment ; 

 a pair of small egg-sacs in xiv. 



A pair of spermathecse in the viii. segment. These organs 

 consist only of a long pear-shaped ampulla. There are no 

 diverticula. 



Bab. Muvattupuzha, 170 km. N.N.E. from Trevandrum 

 (Mr. Shungara Aarai/ana, 28. iv. 1910). 



This interesting new species is distinguished from others 

 of the same genus by tlie possession of a single pair of 

 sperraathecse. This character requires some slight modifi- 

 cation of the definiiion of the genus Plutellus as given by 

 Michaelsen *. Spermathecal pores on the viii. segment, in 

 the zone of setgs, were already found by Michaelsen in 

 his Plutdlus indicus f. ti/pica f, but that species possesses 

 a second pair of spermathecal pores in intersegmental 

 furrow viii.-ix. 



Lampito mann'tii, Kinb. 



Megascolex mauritii, Michaelsen, (7) p. 227. 



Lampito mauritii, Michaelsen, (11) p. 160; (12) pp. 108, 178, 179. 



Some mature and several young specimens were collected, 



Hab. Murukunpuzha, 15 km. N.W. from Trevandrum 



{Mr. Shungara Narayana^ 5. v. 1910) ; Vazhote, 25 km. 



E.N.E. from Trevandrum {ditto, 27. vi. 1910) ; Shertalay, 



150 km. N.N.W. from Trevandrum {ditto^ 10. iv. 1910). 



Megascolex eunephrus, sp. n. (PI. XIII. figs. 5-7.) 



A mature but incomplete specimen. 



External characters. — Length 85 mm. (the tail is wanting), 

 greatest thickness (before the clitellum) 3 ram. ; number of 

 segments 195. 



Colour uniformly lilac-grey. 



Head proepilobous. The segments are not blannulated. 



* See (7) p. 163, and (10) p. 159. 



t See (11) p. 148, and (12) pp. 154, 155. 



