1901.] ]?110M BBITISH EAST AFfilOA. 359 



The length of the single specimen was 63 mm. and the diameter 

 varied from J -50 mm. to 275 mm. The latter, the greatest 

 diameter, was taken across the swollen areas on the generative 

 segments, to \A'hicli reference will be made immediately. 



Text-tig. 88. 



] 1 



"Ventral aspect of clitellar and neighbouring segments of Gonlwdrdus 

 jyapillatus. X 6. 



The prostomium was a little difficult to study accurately. It 

 appears, however, to be like that of other species of the genus 

 and to be what Michaelsen ^ has termed " zygolobisch," ^. e. the 



^ 'Oligochfeta" in 'Das Tierreich,' 1900. 



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