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[Mar. 5, 



kindness of Mr. Nicholson, of the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, who has 

 sent me a large number of accidentally imported earthworms. 

 These specimens are from Calcutta, and arrived in company with 

 a large number of specimens of Amyntas postJmmus and a few 

 examples of other species of the same genus, and of a second species 

 of Tynlioeus. 



Text-fig. 54. 



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Typhoeus nicholsoni. Head-end, x 3. 

 5 , oviducal pore ; c? , male pores ; P, papillte. 



External characters. — The largest of the three specimens measures 

 145 mm. in length, with a diameter of 5 mm. These measure- 

 ments apply to the worm after contraction by alcohol. 



I counted 190 segments, which — with the exception of the last 

 few — are annulated. The first three segments, moreover, show no 



