132 Dr. J. StoplieiisoM on some 



by a narrow neck. The prostates arc of peculiar shape ; 

 each consists ot two C} liudrical or finger-shaped structures, 

 ■which lie side by side and are slightly curled ; the se unite 

 below, near the ventral body-wall, iu a narrow neek, which 

 again swells out somewhat at its termination, where it joins 

 the parietes. The whole is a conspicuous object in seg- 

 ment X., on each side of the gut ; the surface is soft, and a 

 triable hiyer can easily be detached from the finger-shaped 

 projections, disclosing a firm, shining, and evidently mus- 

 cular axis, no doubt with a lumen iu its centre. The 

 junction of the vas deferens with the prostate was not 

 seen. 



There is a definite ovarian chamber, and the ovisacs are 

 large, extending back to segment xiv. 



The spermathecal ampulla is a somewhat ovoid sac. Tlie 

 duct forms a large coil projecting into segment viii.; the 

 atrium is bifid, and consists of two horns of moderate size, 

 one in segment vii. and one in viii., the duct joining in the 

 angle between the two horns. The horns of the atrium are 

 firm and shining ; the exit to the surface is in the line of 

 the lateral setoa. 



There are strong transverse muscular bauds on the inner 

 surface of the body-wall in the prostatic region, to the con- 

 traction of which the depressions on the ventral surface of 

 the genital region are doubtless due. 



Somvarpat, -ItKJO ft., Coorg, S. India. 



Drawida scandens. C. R. N. Rao. 



Length 38-43 mm. ; maximum diameter 1T5 mm., 

 average lo mm. Segments ca. 144-161. Colour brown, 

 anterior end rather lighter. Prostomium prolobous. Ko 

 dorsal pores. Is^ephridiopores not seen. 



Setae in anterior part of body very large for so small a 

 worm, especially the ventral setae from segment iv. back- 

 wards and the lateral from x. ; oa is apjjroximately equal 

 to bc^ and dd is rather more than lialf the circumference. 



Clitellum not distinguishable. In groove 9/10 is a trans- 

 versely elongated cushion, somewhat dumbbell-shaped and 

 divided by a mid-ventral fissure into two ; laterally this 

 cushion extends to a point between the lines of seta; b and c, 

 but nearer the line c. The ventral surface of segment xi. is 

 thickened, and groove 10/11 is pushed iorwanls ; the lateral 

 extent of the thickening is about the same as that of the 

 cushion in groove 1)/10. 



There are two pairs of male pores; one pair is on the 

 cushion in 9/10, rather outside the line of setae b; these 

 belong to a second pair of prostates seen internally in seg- 

 ujtnt ix. The other pair of male pores are near the antcro- 



