EEPEODUCTIVE SYSTEM. 



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The receptacula ovorum are a pair of reniform sacs, 

 attached to the anterior wall of segment xiv. just 

 above the oviducts, into the upper part of the 

 funnel-like mouths of which they open. 



The spermothecse or receptacula seminis are two 



Fio. 24. — lumbricus herculeus. Plan of the reproductive organs as seen 

 from above after removal of the alimentary canal. The body-wall 

 is pinned down flat. (c. h. h.) 



A, anterior lateral vesicula seminalis. B, first median vesicula seminalis. 

 O, posterior lateral vesicula seminalis. JH, nerve-cord. O, ovary. OD, 

 oviduct. R, receptaoulum ovorum. S, spermotheca. SF, seminal funnel 

 lying in the median vesicula seminalis. T, testis. VD, vas deferens : tlie 

 reference line indicates the point where the posterior vas cfEerens opens into it. 

 9 to 15, uinth to fifteenth segments. 



