ORDERS COLLEMBOLA AND THYSANURA. 

 BY D. A. BOYD, Esq., Seamill, W. Kilbride. 



The chief works consulted have been Tullberg's Sveriges Podurider and 

 Lubbock's Monograph of the British Collembola and Thi/sauura. 



ARRANGEMENT FOLLOWED : G. H. Carpenter and W.Evans, "Collembola and 

 Thysanura of the Edinburgh District," Pro. Roy. Physical Soc. Edin., vol. xiv. 



COLLEMBOLA. 

 Fam. Sminthuridae. 



Sminthurus fllSCUS (Linn.}. On walls and stones in shady places : freq. : 

 Ayrshire. 



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S. viridis (Linn.). On grass and herbs : freq. : Lanarkshire ; Renfrewshire ; 

 Ayrshire ; Buteshire. 



S. hortensis, Fitch. On bare ground, esp. sandy or peaty soil : immense 

 numbers in summer, in gardens. Seamill. 



S. luteus, Lubbock. On living stems and leaves : c. : Lanarkshire ; Ayr- 

 shire ; Buteshire. 



S. violaceus, Renter. On flower-pots in conservatories, &c. : Seamill. 



S. niger, Lubb. Under boards, and on flower-pots : W. Kilbride. 



S. igniceps, Renter. On flower-pots in conservatories, &c. : Seamill. 



S. Malmgrenii, Tullberg, var. elegantulus, Renter. On surface of stagnant 

 pools and ditches : Cumbrae ; W. Kilbride ; Ardrossan ; Barr. 



S. aquaticus, Bourlet. Stagnant pools : Kilmalcolm ; Cumbrae ; Ar- 

 drossan ; Barr. 



Papirius ornatus (Nicolet). - - Under fallen branches, leaves, &c. : c. : 

 Ayrshire. 



P. minutus (0. Fabr.). Under wood, &c. : freq. : Ayrshire. 



Fam. Entomobryidae. 



Tomocerus plumbeus (Linn.) ( = Podura longicornis, Mutter). Under 



wood, &c. : not unc. : Ayrshire. 



T. niger (Bourlet). Under wood, &c. : not unc. : Ayrshire. 

 T. tridentiferus (Tullb.). Under wood, leaves, &c. : abund. and gen. dist. 



throughout the year. 

 Lepidocyrtus lanuginosus (Gmeliri). Under wood, stones, &c. : abund. and 



gen. dist. 



L. cyaneus, Tullb. Under stones, &c. : freq. : Ayrshire. 

 Beckia argentea, Lubb. In a conservatory, on earth in flower-pots: Seamill. 

 Entomobrya albocinta (Templeton) ( = Degeeria cincta, Lubb.). Beneath 



dry bark, under loose stones, and on walls : c. : Lanarkshire ; Ayrshire ; 



Buteshire. 

 E. nivalis (Linn.) ( = D. annulata, Lubb.). Amongst furze and herbage : c. : 



Lanarkshire ; Ayrshire. 

 E. muscorum (Nic.) (D. Nicoletii, Lubb.). Under stones, amongst herbage, 



and at roots of grass : c. : Lanarkshire ; Ayrshire ; Buteshire. 



