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Show 658 ON A NEW SPECIES OF E A R T H W O R M . [May 22, racemose in form; they lie in segments xi. and xii. I am inclined to think that delicate sacs involve the funnels of the sperm-ducts which are situated in segments x., xi. I detected the ovaries, attached as usual to the anterior wall of segment xiii. The spermiducal glands are limited to their respective segments (i. e. xvii. and xix.) by being coiled. They are stout but not long ; the muscular duct is also short and is about one fifth of the length of the gland. The posterior pair of spermiducal glands are distinctly smaller than the anterior pair. The structure of the penial setae is shown in the accompanying drawing (fig. 3). Penial seta of Benhamia budgetti greatly magnified. There are the usual two pairs of spermathecce, which are completely hidden by the gizzards, and affect therefore to lie in a much more anterior position than is really the case. Viewed from above after removal of the gizzards, the four spermathecae are seen to be closely pressed together in the middle line, all of them in fact |