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2. Enchytreus exiguus, n. sp. 
A very tiny creature measuring 2-3 mm, and containing 
about 28 segments. Blood yellow; heart-like bodies in seg- 
ments 7 and 8. The sete are large for the size of the worm, 
are 2 or 3 in number in each bundle, while the front individuals 
are to the hinder ones as 3: 4 in length. The girdle extends 
over segment 12 to the sete of 13. The spermathece do not 
possess glands, diverticula, or a separate duct, but gradually 
widen towards the intestine. The salivary glands are of a 
very rudimentary character and look like the two ends of an 
old-fashioned clerical cravat. There are strong single com- 
missures in 3/4 and 4/5, and the post-septal of the nephridia 
is about five times the length of the anteseptal. The dorsal 
vessel originates in 11/12 at the beginning of the girdle. 
3. Fridericia peruviana Friend. 
This species was received in earth from Kew Gardens. 
The mould had come with plants from Peru, and the description 
is in the hands of the Sec. Roy. Micro. Society. 
4. Fridericia pulchra, n. sp. 
When I was at Kew on August 28th, a careful inspection 
was made of the loam heap. Here, along with Eophila icterica 
Sav., Aporrectodea similis Friend, Acheta bohemica Ve}., 
and other rare annelids, I found a species which is not known 
to me as having been previously described. It belongs to the 
bisetose group but differs in various ways from faroniana, 
maculata, and bisetosa. The sete, of which there are two in 
front, and one in each set behind, are bent internally. The 
worm is quite transparent, is 12-15 mm. in length, and has 
from 55 to 60 segments. It is a yellowish green to the naked 
eye, the colour being due to the coelomic corpuscles, which are 
individually large and of a yellow hue, but tend to shew a green 
tint when crowded. A _ striking characteristic is the long 
salivaries which extend back to the septum 7/8. The chlora- 
gogen cells on the intestine are large, brownish, and somewhat 
wide apart. The spermathece have long ducts which open 
normally in 4/5, but the ampulla joins the intestine further 
back than usual, near the septum 6/7. The ante-septal is 
nearly as large as the post-septal, but this latter gives off about 
its middle a large duct which increases its apparent size. The 
duct is as long as the other parts of the nephridium combined. 
The dorsal vessel originates about 21/22 or even further back, 
the girdle covers segment 12 and 2 of 13, there are two pairs of 
septals in 4/5, 5/6, and the septa behind these as far as 8/g are 
thickened and forced back. The ampulla in segment 12 is 
about 2-3 times as long as broad, straight at the mouth, without 
neck or collar, grey and glandular. The duct is slender, coiled 
and long. It is the prettiest species I have seen, hence the 
name. 
Igit Dec. 1. 
