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and Bergh, appear to render it extremely probable tliat in other 

 Lumbricidse the structures generally described as testes will ulti- 

 mately prove to be vesicnlfe seminales. 



Dissection of genital region of Eudrilus sylvicola (diagrammatic). 

 T, testis; ?'..«, Tesicula seminalia; ii.(Z, vas deferens ; x, rudimentary ovary ; sp, 

 spermatheea ; oi\ ovary ; od, oviduct ; al, " albuminiparous " gland ; 

 c.p, bursa copulatrix ; B, funnel of vas deferens, lateral view. 



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