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Generative organs (Fig. 7). The hermaphrodite gland is not large, 

 globular; the albumen gland is yellowish, tongue-shaped, compact; 

 the prostate is composed of globular and oval dark-grey convolutions ; 

 oviduct long, yellow, the vas deferens adhering to it ; there are no 



accessory glands. Yagina very short. Sheath of male organ long, 

 thick, tapering very gradually to the posterior end,;^where the vas 

 deferens enters and the retractor muscle is fixed ; verge^with numerous 

 small, pointed papillae. 

 Type in my collection. 



Hah. — South Island : Collingwood, in a birch-tree (type) ; Chausille 

 Ridge, South Westland, one specimen at an elevation of 5,500 feet ; 

 this specimen was sent to the Canterburj^ Museum, Christchurch, 

 by the Rev. H. E. Newton, of lloss. 



Remarhs. — This is the largest species of Athoraeopliorus known. 

 The stomach of the specimen I dissected contained a large amount 

 of greyish-black wood fibres. 



