Earlhwor ins from India and Palestine. 1X\ 



lateral angles of the cushion of sef^ment xi., also jii'^t outside 

 tlie line of sot.e h ; since the groove 10/11 is pushed for- 

 wards by the thickened area, these pores occupy a posi- 

 tion which w'ould be in tiie groove if this had its normal 

 position. 



The female pores are possibly between the lines of a and 

 b ill groove 11/12. The spermathecal pores were not dis- 

 tinguishable externally ; from internal examination they 

 pierce the body-wall in line with the ventral seta?. 



Septa G/7-8/9 are somewhat thickened. There are three 

 gizzards in segments xiii.-xv., and perhaps a rudimentary 

 gizzard in addition in segment xii. The last hearts are in 

 segment ix., but anteriorly in segment x. a large branch is 

 given off on each side from the dorsal vessel, and passes 

 obliquely downwards and backwards behind the testis-sac to 

 the ventral body-wall. 



The testis-sacs are one pair, projecting mostly into seg- 

 ment X. The prostates are upright sausage-shaped struc- 

 tures, slightly curved round the gut ; their surface is soft ; 

 the vas deferens joins the prostate low down on its inner 

 face, and can be seen to ascend for some distance on the 

 gland. An exactly similar pair of prostates is present in 

 segment ix. 



The pi'esence of an ovarian chamber is, in the type-speci- 

 men, dou))tful on account of its condition. The ovisacs are 

 finger-shaped, and extend back to segment xii. or xiii. 



The spermathecal ampulla is small and subspherical. The 

 atrium is large, ovoid, and sac-like, in segment vii. ; its 

 surface is soft, not muscular, and it narrows to its attach- 

 ment to the body-wall in line with the ventral series of 

 setse; the duct joins the atrium near its base on the pos- 

 terior side. 



Bhagamandla, 4000 ft., Coorg, S. India. 



Drawida elegans, C. R. N. Rao. 



Length 130 mm. ; diameter a little behind the middle 

 5 ram. Segments 206; viii.-xviii. bi- or triannular; the 

 first two segments very short. Colour a nondescript grey, 

 non-pigmented. Prostomium retractile, prolobous. IS'o 

 dorsal pores. Nephridiopores in the line with the lateral 

 setffi. 



Setse closely paired ; aa = be ; dd = ^ circumference. 



Clitellum not definitely distinguishable. Male pores 

 small, a little outside the line of setse b. Female pores 

 minute, in the line of b. Spermathecal pores just below the 

 line of c. 



Septa 5/6-8/9 exceptionally stout. Five gizzards, in 

 segments xii.-xvi., the first rudimentary. Alimentary 



