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whereas the other species of the genus have a less quantity. The 
male genital orifice is situated on a small, conical projection, visible 
at the dorsal side, beneath the protruded efferent duet of the anal 
giands, that has a cylindrical appearance. The right uterus of a 
large female contained a nearly full-grown young, however not 
pigmented. The ovary was fixed to the body-wall almost on the 
level of the 14th pair of legs. The loop of the slime-glands ex- 
tends to the lOth pair of legs as in P. ceramensis, 
I The specimens were found in the wood under stones and fallen 
branches. 
ihe presence in the Kei-islands of a member of the genus 
Paraperipatus, found in Ceram, New Britain and New Guinea,i) 
proves that the fauna of these islands agrees more with that of 
the Indian region than with that of the Australian Continent. 
1) Loc. cit. dl. VII, 1922. p. 113. 
22-9—1923. 
