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111 the spennathecal pouch ol; that species is found — •'' eiu festerer. 

 init horiiartiger Waiuluiig versehener Korper, den ich fiir eine 

 Spermatophore halte." Of both these structures are figures given. 

 Finally I have myself called attention to the sperinatophore of a 

 species of Beuhamia, which I have called B. ntoorei \ This sperma- 

 tophore is of large size and lies chiefly in the long and thick 

 muscular duct of the spermatheca. I have recently studied the 

 spermatophores in a new species of the genus B'mhamia kindly 

 collected for me in tropical Eastern Africa hy Mr. Austen, and 

 which I have proposed to call Benhamia austeni'. The spermato- 

 phores were studied in situ by means of glycerine preparations of 



Text-fiff. 92. Text-fio-. 93. 



/ 

 A 



Text-fig. 92. — Spermatheca of Benhayida aiisfeni. 



A, divertifiulum ; C, B, parts of spermatopliorc. 



Text-fig. 93. — Spermatheca of Benhamia austeni witli an incompletely 

 formed spermatopbore (C). 



A, divei'ticnlum of speiMnatheca. 



the spermathecee mounted entire or teased, and by longitudinal 

 sections of the entire spermatheca. The spermathecse of this species 

 (see text-fig. 92), like those of some others, consist, of: a large 

 thiu-Avalled sac, which is di\ided by a constriction into a larger 

 distal and a smaller proximal portion. The latter is followed by a 

 thick-walled duct leading to the exterior. At the junction of the 

 duct with the smaller of the thin-walled pouches opens a single 



^ P.Z.S. 1901, ii. p. 197. 

 •-^ Loc. cit. p. 200. 



