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MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE 



[June 3, 



the absence of nephridial funnels and the presence of gonad- duet 

 funnels, in segments x., xi., xiii., does not of itself prove that the 

 foi-mei' have been converted into the latter. But the facts are 



Text-fig. 20. 



A, nephridial funnel ot Branclnohdell a (after Moore). 



F, funnel-cell ; P, peritoneal cell. 



B, develojjing nephridium of lihyncheJmis (after Vejdovsky). 



F, funnel ; P, vesicular region of nephridial cells. 



C, funnel and subducal funnel oi AUoIobophora (after R. E. Bergh). 



F, nephridial funnel ; P, peritoneum ; 0, sperm-duct funnel. 



not at variance with such an assumption. Bergh and Lehmann 

 have both pointed out that the nephridial funnels of Lumhricus 

 {sensu koto) persist for a longer or shorter time in the segments 



