NEW OR IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPFCIE8 OF EARTHWORM?. 



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6 — 7 segments immediately behind it the eha?tal lines are more prominent and 

 the intersegmental lines more distinct. Color of cKtellum in alcoholic specimens 

 brown, the rest grey Spermathecal pores 4 pairs, in IV/V, V/VT, VI/VIT, 

 VII/VI II; no genital papillae in this region. Sperm duct pores separated by 

 '8 seta?; genital papilla? wanting. 



Intestine begins in XV; one pair of intestinal cœca in XXV, extending 

 forwards as far as XXIII. Thickened septa VI/ VII, VII/VIII and X/XI— 

 XIV/XV ; septa V/V , VIII/IX, IX/X absent. Spermathecse 4 pairs, in V, 

 VI, VII, VIII. In the single specimen of this species that'has come under our 

 observation only the spermatheca on the left side of VII was provided with a 

 minute diverticulum ; which is probably a departure from the rule. Testes in 

 X, XI; sperm reservoirs in XT, XII. Ovisacs two pairs, in XIII, XIV, very 

 small. Prostate gland large, 2-lobed, dirrdhj opening iwtolhe -perm duct ivithout 

 ihe med ction of a duct. Last heart in XIII. 



Loc. — Tokyo. 



9. P. (ieeimpapUlata, ». f]\ 

 Length 150 mm., breadth 4 mm., number of segments 115, of uniform 

 breadth throughout. Clitellum XIV — XVI, without seta?. Number of seta? 

 in the spermathecal segments 36. First dorsal pore XI/XII. Spermathecal 



pores 3 pairs, in V/VI, VI/VII, VII/- 

 VIII ; VII, VIII with a pair of genital 

 papilke behind the cha?t:il line. Sperm du- 

 ct pores on papi 1 he, separated by 10 seta? ; 

 five pairs of genital papi la? in the vicinity, 

 two pairs in XVII behind the ductal line, 

 two pairs in XVIII inside the male pores, 

 one in front of, and the other behind, ductal 

 line, and one pair in XIX in fiont of the 

 ch;etal line, tinse in XVIII being in a line 

 with the innt-rpairof the preceding segment. 

 Intestine begins in XV ; one pair of 

 intestinal cœca in XXVI. extending for three segments anteriorly. Thicken- 

 ed septa V/VI— VII/VIII and X/XI— XIII/XIV; septa VIII/IX, IX/X 

 absent. Spermatheca 3 pairs, in VI, VII, VIII, with very mall diverticula. 



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XIX 



