182 THE GENUS PERIPATUS. 



The internal anatomy resembles, so far as I could make out, 

 that of the New Zealand species. 



In the female the ovaries were attached along their whole 

 length, and possessed numerous oval white eggs of an average 

 length of '27 mm. In addition there were some larger eggs of 

 a yellowish colour, some of which were attached to the ovary, 

 and some broken away and lying in the body cavity. The 

 largest of these measured '75 mm. in length. They were full 

 of yolk and without any visible membrane. 



Each oviduct possessed the receptaculum seminis in a 

 position similar to that of the same structure in Peripatus 

 novce-zealandia. The uterus was empty. 



In the male the genital organs were normal, and the 

 unpaired portion of the vas deferens was long, and apparently 

 of a similar structure to that of the New Zealand species. 



The specimens were not sufficiently well preserved for an 

 examination for the accessory glands. 



