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the ccsopliap^iis in xi. Sonic fiiigcr-sliapcd alimentary 

 appcndaj^es are present. The last lieart is iu segment ix. 



Tlie testis-saes are large, and project into segments ix. 

 and X. The prostates arc small, soft, transversely oval 

 cushions, sessile on the body-wall ; the vasa deferentia join 

 their anterior borders. 



An ovarian chamber appears to have been present, witli 

 tlie ovary on its anterior wall. The ovisacs extend back to 

 segment xiii. 



The s[)ermathecal ampulla is somewhat polygonal from 

 the pressure of surrounding parts. There is no visible 

 atrium. 



It is necessary to speak w ith some caution as to the in- 

 ternal anatomy of this species, as the single specimen has 

 been much pulled about. 



Mooruad, Coorg, S. India. 



Draivida paradoxa, C. R. N. Rao. 



Length 90 mm. ; average diameter 3 mm. Segments 

 152; segment i. is very small — a very narrow ring. LFnpi<^- 

 mented, colour light grey. Prostomium prolobous. No 

 dorsal pores. Nephridio])ores not visible. 



Setae small, closely paired; aa iu general = Z»c, but in the 

 post-clitellar region = |ic ; dd is slightly less than ^ circum- 

 ference. 



Clitellum not visible. Male pores small, inconspicuous, 

 just outside the line of b. 



Female pores not visible. 



Spcrmathecal pores small, in line with setne c. 



Septa ojO-Sji) considerably thickened. Four gizzards, iti 

 segments xiii.-xvi., the first smallest, the last largest (in the 

 second specimen the gizzards are in segments xii.-xv. ; the 

 first is rudimentary, the last largest). The last heart is iu 

 segment ix. 



There is one pair of testis-sacs, of moderate size, sub- 

 spherical in shape, depending into segment x. The vas 

 deferens is a relatively very large coil, partly in segment ix. 

 and partly in x. ; it comes into relation with the prostate 

 near the base of the latter, and can be traced some distance 

 up its anterior border before it becomes lost in the soft 

 furry prostatic investment. The prostates are of consider- 

 able size ; the larger part of each is flattened from side to 

 side, the edges being soft, opaque, and white, and the axial 

 portion more shiny (in other words, the "glandular" in- 

 vestment of the muscular tube is confined to the anterior 

 and posterior borders of the latter) ; the ectal portion of 

 the prostate is a twisted mass, bound together by connected 

 tissue and adherent to the ventral bodv-wall. 



