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male there is a ring of cilia, which is continuous on the ventral 
surface with a strip of fine cilia covering the whole of this 
surface (fig. 10). In the interior of the body little can be 
distinguished but a mass of granular yolk, which apparently 
Text-fig. 2. 
Nephridia of full-grown female drawn from living preparation 
after impregnation with methyl blue. Cn. np. Nepliridial 
canal, fig. Flagella, n. Nucleus of canal wall. sol. Soleno- 
cytes. 
serves as food during the short existence of the male. There 
is no mouth, stomach, or gut. In the posterior region there 
are well-developed seminal vesicles crowded with sperm ; the 
ducts of each vesicle join to form a common ejaculatory duct 
