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3. Benhamia.'poomnsis, n. sp. (PI, I, Fig. 10 ; PI. II, Figs. 3, 4, and 9). 



It is 134 mm. long and 3 broad. It has 157 segments, the last of 

 which are very small. 



The clitellum is very ill-marked. It appears to end at segment 

 XVI dorsally, but to be continued to XX ventrally. 



The setae are closely paired, the four pairs occupying rather less 

 than the ventral half of the body. 



The apertures of the spermiducal glands on segments XVII and 

 XIX are in a line with the ventral setae. There are no penial setae, 

 but small papillae in a line with pores, at the edges bordering segment 

 XVIII, occur on XVII and XIX. There are no ventral setae on 

 these three segments, but those on XX are placed on a pagilla. 



The pharynx is very large and pouch-like. 



There are two gizzards in V and VI. They are connected by a narrow 

 junction. They are more or less globular, the anterior being the larger. 



There are globular calciferous glands in XI and XII. 



The intestine begins in segment XIV. 



In segments IX, X, XI and XII are four pairs of hearts. They 

 are very large indeed, the walls being transparent and altogether 

 much more delicate than those of the dorsal vessel. 



There are two pairs of spermathecae in segments VIII and IX. 



The pouch is oval with a duet of about the same length which becomes 

 sinuous near the mouth. At the junction with the pouch is the 

 diverticulum, which is very characteristic in form. It is a much-compli- 

 cated structure, almost having the appearance of a complicated gland. 



In the neighbourhood of the opening are long setae with notched 

 ends. They are about three or four times as long as an ordinary seta. 



There is a pair of bent tongue-shaped sperm-sacs in XII. 



The spermiducal glands are tubular. There is a long straight duct ; 

 the glandular end is very twisted, almost forming a knot, and is 

 pigmented. 



Habitat : Poona. 



4. Megascolex konkanensis, n. sp. (PI. II, Figs. 1, 6, 7, 8, and 10.) 



It is 200 mm. long and 2 broad, having 222 segments. 



Externally this worm much resembles a JPerichceta, having a short 

 clitellum, a well-marked area round the median oviducal pore, tumid 

 male pores, and the lines of setae quite distinct. 



