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that Mr. Uao's comj)cteiicc in morphological work is of tlic 

 same degree of reliability as that whieh he shows in his 

 systematic descriptions. 



It is nniiccessary to point out the errors in Mr. Rao's 

 accounts of the tour other species. They are of the same 

 fundamental character as those I have noted above in his 

 description of D. somuvarputuna. Instead^ it will, I think, 

 be preferable simply to give short accounts of the worms 

 themselves. 



I may note that D. scandens is the same worm as one of 

 which 1 have recently written a description, which is appear- 

 ing in the 'Records of the Indian Museum/ under the 

 name of D. ruui. Mr. Rao's name has the priority, and the 

 name of D. rani must be withdrawu. 



I add to these descriptions an account of two species of 

 earthworms which I received for identification some little 

 time ago from the British jNIuseum. These were collected 

 l)y ^fr. T. Aharoiii; one species is already known, while the 

 other ai)pears to be new. 



Drnwida somavarputana, C. 11. N. Rao. 



Leugth 85 mm.; diameter in middle of body 4 mm. 

 Segments 124. Colour brownish yellow. Prostomiutn small, 

 rctractcil under segment i. No dorsal pores. Nephridio- 

 pores in the line of the lateral setre. 



Set;e closely paired ; aa = bc ; dd = \ circumference. 



Clitellum apparently comprising segments x.-xiii. (= 4), 

 but indistinct. The male pores are puckered orifices with 

 tumid lips, situated a little outside the line of setse b ; in 

 front of and behind each is a curved depression, the con- 

 cavities facing each other, the anterior on segment x., 

 the posterior on xi. ; the mid-ventral regions of these two 

 segments are depressed. The female and spermathecal 

 apertures were not visible on external examination, but on 

 dissection the spermathecal apertures were found to be in 

 the line of the lateral setrc. 



Septa 5/6—8/9 are slightly thickened. There are three 

 gizzards (in the type-specimen), in segments xvi.-xviii., of 

 which the last is the largest. A double series of -white 

 dendritic appendages are seen lying dorsally, segmontally 

 arranged, on the intestine ; these are somewhat reminiscent 

 of the hmphatic glands of Pherefhna, but the condition of 

 specimens is too poor to allow of further examination. The 

 last hearts are in segment ix. 



The testis-sacs have the disposition which was described 

 by Michaelsen in D. yhatensis ; the main portion of the 

 sacs occupies segment xiv., and is connected to scutum 9/10 



