. The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology . B. A. AnffuUlula rediviva. Tail-end of male. B. Atu/nilhi/a aceti. Tail-end of male (after Man). A .p. = accessory piece ; 7. = intestine ; — sperm-duct; 5^.=spicule. description. The vagina consists of a narrow chamber lyingbetween the uterus proper and the ovarium. Its walls arelined with thick cuticular material, which is supported by astout musculatine. The main part of the chamber lies in the I Eel-worm in Paper-hangers^ Paste. 305 long axis of the worm, and leads anteriorly into tlie uterus,wliilst the nar
. The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology . B. A. AnffuUlula rediviva. Tail-end of male. B. Atu/nilhi/a aceti. Tail-end of male (after Man). A .p. = accessory piece ; 7. = intestine ; — sperm-duct; 5^.=spicule. description. The vagina consists of a narrow chamber lyingbetween the uterus proper and the ovarium. Its walls arelined with thick cuticular material, which is supported by astout musculatine. The main part of the chamber lies in the I Eel-worm in Paper-hangers^ Paste. 305 long axis of the worm, and leads anteriorly into tlie uterus,wliilst the narrow passage to the ovarium is given off dorsallyhalfway down the length of the vagina. The vulva opens onthe Villi nil siirlace ot the body and has slightly protruberantculicular lips. Ihc vagina leads to this by bending postero-lalerally, and at the angle ot the bend the ventral wall of thechaniber is indcnieil into a pronounced notch, into which fitsa corresjionding thickening of the postero-dorsal wall. The whole structure is similar in essentials to that figuredby Man (
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