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[Juno 1 9, 



constricted, and again a little higher up ; its upper portion is 

 convoluted and opens into a long thin tube — the vas deferens. 

 In J. bitentaculata the penis is much shorter, and usually exhibits 

 a sharp distinction between that organ and the vas deferens (cf. 

 Keferstein ' and Macdonald 2 ). Attached to the distal end of the 

 penis is a small short retractor muscle; its point of attachment to 

 this organ affords a ready means of distinguishing between penis 

 and vas deferens. The continuation of the vestibule forms a 

 simple pouch-like cavity — the free portion of the oviduct. From 

 reference to figs. 1 & 3, it will be seen that in ./. maculata the long 



Fig. 2. 



ib.jl 



Generative system of Jandla bib ■ 



(For lettering see p. ."27. > 



tube-like portion of the free oviduct is absent, whilst in ./. biten- 

 taculata it is quite as long as the pouch-like portion. The 

 receptaculum seminis is a large oval or circular sac, opening into 

 the lower portion of the free oviduct, just above the opening of 

 the penis into the vestibule. The combined oviduct and pro 

 form a short convoluted tube, not more than two-thirds the length 

 of that organ in J. bit* ntaculata. Covered partly by the large her- 

 maphrodite gland and its duct is a very peculiarly shaped albumen- 

 gland, consisting of a large oval-shaped mass with a thin flat 

 upper portion. The hermaphrodite duct is large and oval in form, 



1 Zeit. f. wiss. Zool. 1865, B'l. xv. t. xxxiv. fig. 3. 



- Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1856, vol. xviii. (ser. 2) pi. iii. fig. G. 



