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papillae are arranged in a single fairly regular and close series of about 43 on either 

 side. There is also one papilla, more laterally situated, at about the same level as 

 the fourth of the series, on each side. There are six pairs of postanal papillae, of 

 which the first, or most posterior, papilla on each side is relatively large and dorsally 

 placed ; the second is very small and lateral ; the third, fourth and fifth form a 

 triangle, two of them being ventral and one more lateral ; and the sixth is a large, 

 double papilla near the cloaca and separated by a considerable space from the rest. 



The tail of the female is 03 mm. long. The vulva is situated at about 34 mm. 

 from the posterior end, dividing the body in the proportion of about 19 : 17. The 



Fig. 7. — Polydelphis sewelli. Tail of male; lateral view. 



narrow, irregularly coiled, muscular vagina leads into a common uterine chamber 

 about i*6 mm. long, which gives off the six parallel uterine branches posteriorly. 

 These run back to a point about 15 mm. from the posterior end, where they pass into 

 the ovarian tubes. The coils of the latter extend back to 10 mm. from the posterior 

 end, and then run forward to the level of the vulva. The ova are roundish-oval or 

 nearly spherical, and have a thick, finely granulated shell, measuring o - oç)-o"i X 

 0-075-0-087 mm. 



Polydelphis oculata (v. Linst., 1899) (?). 



Two females from the stomach of a python from Assam (? Python molurus or P. 

 reticulatus) may belong to this species, but are in too poor a condition to be deter- 

 mined with certainty. 



Polydelphis, sp. 



[near to P. hexametra (Gedoelst, 1916).] 



Two female specimens, one in very poor condition, were taken on separate occa- 

 sions from examples of the common chameleon of India (Chamaeleon calcaratus). 

 They belong to the section of the genus in which the number of uterine branches is 



