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ventral (?) setae. Dorsal pores are present beginning upon 5/6. Prosto- 
mium continued by grooves, for short distance upon the first or 
peristomial somite. The anus is terminal. Excepting the distinet 
clitellum and the terminal anus this worm at first glance resembles 
Criodrilus, particularly in the genital region. Two pairs of testes and 
a corresponding number of ciliated funnels are found in somites 10 
and 11. 
The ducts leading from the funnels of each side join in somite 13, 
thus preserving a longer independent course than usual in allied worms. 
A large gland (»prostate«) lies in somites 15 and 16 and into the sum- 
mit of this the spermduct enters. These glands secrete the chitinous 
spermatophores and it is probable that the similar gland, which Ben- 
ham has described in Criodrilus lacuum as a prostate, has a like func- 
tion. It is due to the large size of these paired glands that the genital 
protuberances are so marked. Two pairs of sperm sacs lie in somites 
11 and 12 being attached to the anterior septa of these somites. There 
are no spermathecae. The alimentary canal is differentiated into buccal 
chamber, pharynx, oesophagus, crop, gizzard (in somites 17 and 18) 
and sacculated intestine. In the somites 11—12 and 13 the oesophagus 
forms pouch-like swellings, due to the presence of large spaces in the 
walls. These spaces are separated by longitudinal plates (containing 
blood vessels) at their inner ends supporting the ciliated epithelium 
which lines this portion of the oesophagus. In cross section this 
arrangement has a wheel-like appearance, the lumen being small. 
The above will serve to point out some of the characters of this worm 
which appears to be the type of a well marked genus. 
I shall reserve a formal generic definition for my more extensive 
paper. This worm is common in the wet soil about streams in the 
neighborhood of Philadelphia. 
Philadelphia, May 27 1893. 
4. Neue Reptilien und Batrachier aus West-Java. 
Von Prof. Dr. O. Boettger, Frankfurt a./M. 
eingeg. 21. Juni 1893. 
Seit über zwei Jahren hat sich Herr Hans Fruhstorfer, ein über- 
aus fleiBiger und geschickter zoologischer Sammler, die Aufgabe gestellt, 
die reiche, noch fast unbekannte Fauna der höheren Berge und Gebirge 
Java’s zu erforschen. Zu den unerwarteten Funden gehörten eine 
neue Schlangengattung (Tetralepis) und eine neue Rana, die ich 1892 
im 29./32. Offenbach. Ber. f. Naturk. p. 124 und 137 verôftentlicht habe, 
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