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one limb of a U, the anteriorly directed limb being the Bursa 

 projmlsoria. The spermiducal glands have a a soft opaque appear- 

 ance ; they are not hard and with a nacreous glitter as in some 

 Eudrilids. On the other hand, the Bursa propulsoria has an 

 almost metallic appearance to the naked eye. It is slender and 

 fusiform. There are no penial seta3. 



The sjoermathecal gland of this Eudrilid was unfortunately cut 

 into when the animal was slit open along the back. It is more 

 or less globular in shape, and occupies about the first half of the 

 clitellum. It is quite dorsal in position, lying immediately beneath 

 the body-Avall, and has pushed the doi-sal blood-vessel to the 

 left. The contents were an opaque white granular mass, in which 



Text-fig. 125. 



s. 



o.cl. 



Spermathecal apparatus of Neumanniella rmvenzorii. 



d. Diverticula of spermathecal sac (S). f. Funnel of oviduct, o.d. Oviducal pore. 

 $ . Spermathecal pore. 



could be detected nothing resembling a spermatophore, though 

 the friable coagulated matter may have been the material out of 

 which a spermatophore was to be constructed. The spermathecal 

 sac (text-fig. 125), it should be said, widens out from its duct, 

 which lies to the right side of the gut. I could see no indication 

 of any communication between the spermathecal sac and the 

 cavity of the intestine, such as occurs, for example, in Parascolex. 

 The narrow duct of the spermathecal sac shows no nacreous 

 oiitter, nor does it ultimately widen oiit into any structure that 

 may be termed a Bursa copulatrix. On the contrary, the duct of 



