ONYCHOPHORA OF W. AUSTRALIA, 291 
Spencer mentions further a broad lighter band just above the 
level of the legs. Bouvier refers to a longitudinal band on each 
flank above the bases of the legs, the colour of which is yellow- 
red, and poor or even lacking in dark-coloured papille. 
The Mandibles. The mandibles are accounted as one of the 
chief diagnostic features of the species Peripatoides gilesit. 
Text-figure 1. 
Inner jaw-blades from the specimens of Peripatoides under consideration. 
A. From type-specimens of P. gilesii Spencer. 
B. Bouvier’s figure of jaw from P, woodwardi, 
C & D. Jaws trom other individuals of same species. 
According to Spencer the first jaw is simple in all specimens, 
there being no accessory tooth. The second jaw has four clearly 
marked and one minute accessory tooth. The above figure (text- 
fig. 1) illustrates the jaw from Spencer’s specimen, two of the 
jaws from my specimens, and the figure given by Bouvier for the 
left mandible of Peripatoides woodwardi. 
Proc. Zoot. Soc.—1914, No. XX. 20 
