90 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Oniscus sylvestris, Fabricius, Ent. Sys., ii., p. 397. 



Licjia melanocephala, Koch, in Herrick - Schaffer 

 Contin. of Panzer Ins. Deutschl., 162, 18. 



Zia melanocephala, Koch, sub. Ins. D., 180, 1, and 

 D. Crust., 40, 1. 



Habitat. — Taken under stones, near the shore 

 towards Fairland Point, Cumbrae. I have received 

 this species from Mr. John Smith, Kilwinning, 

 where he found it under old railway sleepers that 

 had been thrown out on the embankments, and 

 under the boles of trees carried down by the floods 

 and left stranded along the banks of the Garnock. 

 He states that when disturbed it rapidly scampers 

 off, and frequently succeeds in making its escape. 

 AN hen caught it curves itself slightly up, and 

 alter remaining motionless for a second or two, it 

 scampers away again. 



It is found abundantly throughout the southern 

 part of England, and in the Irish counties of 

 Dublin, Wicklow, Meath, Wexford, Cork, Waterford, 

 and Tyrone. 



Genus Philougeia, Kinahan. 



PHILOUGRIA RIPARIA, Koch. 



Itea riparia, Koch, in Cont. Panz. Ins. Deutschl., 

 102, 17. 



Philougria celer, Kinahan, Nat. Hist. Rev., vol. iv., 

 p. 281, pi. 22, fig. 1-4. 



Habitat. — Under boards in damp, shaded places, 

 Cumbrae. Taken near the Aquarium, Rothesay, by 

 Mr. Thomas Scott, Greenock. 



Genus Oniscus, Linne. 



ONISCUS ASELLUS, Linne. 



Oniscus asellus, Linne, Sys. Nat., ii., p. 10(51. 



Oniscus muvarius, Cuvier, Jour. d'Hist. Nat., ii., t. 

 26, f. 11. 



Habitat. —Common under stones along the side of 

 an old stone dyke in a plantation, east side of 



