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OX A NEW SPECIES OF EARTHWORM. 



[May 22, 



racemose in form ; they lie in segments xi. and xii. I am inclined 

 to think that delicate sacs involve the funnels of the sperm-ducts 

 which are situated in segments x., xi. I detected the ovaries, 

 attached as usual to the anterior wall of segment xiii. 



The spermiducal glands are limited to their respective segments 

 (i. e. xvii. and xix.) by being coiled. They are stout but not long ; 

 the muscular duct is also short and is about one fifth of the length 

 of the gland. The posterior pair of spermiducal glands are dis- 

 tinctly smaller than the anterior pair. The structure of the penial 

 seta> is shown in the accompanying drawing (fig. 3). 



Fig. 3. 



Penial 6eta of Bevhamia budgetti greatly magnified. 



There are the usual two pairs of spermatliecie, which are com- 

 pletely hidden by the gizzards, and affect therefore to lie in a much 

 more anterior position than is really the case. Viewed from above 

 after removal of the gizzards, the four spermatheca? are seen to be 

 closely pressed together in the middle line, all of them in fact 



