1922.] J. Stephenson : Earthworms from Kashmir & India. 439 



The midventral region of segments xvii-xix is depressed, the 

 depression extending laterally from the line of setae b on one side 

 to an equivalent extent on the other ; in the bottom of the 

 depression is an irregular slightly raised rough patch. The pro- 

 static pores are perhaps on four small papillae at the angles of the 

 depression, in or very slightly outside the line of setae b, and very 

 slightly anterior to the setal zone of xvii and very slightly pos- 

 terior to that of xix respectively. 



On the anterior border and behind the posterior border of 

 the rough patch in the depressed area, in other words posteriorly 

 on segments xvii and xix respectively, and in the midventral line, 

 are two papillae of small size, each appearing to have a pore in 

 its centre. 



The female pores were not seen. 



On segment viii is a roughened patch, slightly elevated and 

 extended in a transverse direction on each side to a little beyond 

 the. line of seta d ; it is narrow antero-posteriorly, and does not 

 embrace the anterior two-fifths of the segment, nor, except be- 

 tween the lines of setae b and c, the posterior fifth either. Both 

 pairs of setae are thus included in the patch. The spermathecal 

 apertures are not visible, but from internal examination they are 

 two pairs, behind furrows J/8 and 8/9, but slightly in front of the 

 setal zones of segments viii and ix, between the lines of setae b 

 and c, but nearer to that of b. 



Internal Anatomy: — Septum 4/5 is thin, 5/6 and all succeed- 

 ing septa as far as 10/11 are moderately strong, 8/9 and 9/10 

 being the thickest of the series; 11/12 is somewhat thickened, 

 and the rest are thin. 



The gizzard in segment v is large, spherical, and very firm ; 

 that in vi is rather smaller. Calciferous glands are present in 

 segments xi and xii ; they are dark in colour, ovoid or kidney- 

 shaped, well set off from the gut, not stalked but attached by 

 one edge. The intestine begins in segm. xv. 



The last heart is in segm. xii. 



Behind the genital region the mieronephridia are arranged in 

 a transverse row in each segment, about nine on each side ; there 

 is no marked difference in size, the most internal being a little 

 smaller than the rest and a little closer together. At the hinder 

 end of the body the arrangement is much the same ; there are 

 about seven nephridia on each side, and the innermost of the 

 series is scarcely larger than the rest — a little larger than the one 

 next to it. 



Testes and funnels are free in segms. x and xi. Seminal 

 vesicles are present in segms. ix, x and xii ; in xii they are small, 

 in ix smaller still, and in x there was one only, on the right side, 

 and this was quite minute. 



The prostates, in segms. xvii and xix, are small ; the gland- 

 ular part is disposed in a few loose coils or loops ; the duct is thin, 

 of the same diameter as the glandular part, but muscular and 

 shining. 



