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(Cheshire) ; 5. horrida, Bagn. (Co. Durham) ; and 5. 

 minutissima, Bagn. (Durham and Yorkshire) ; whilst two 

 European species, Scutigerella nivea (Scopoli) and Scolopen- 

 drella microcolpa, Muhr, have not as yet been met with in the 

 British Isles. The 6\ immaculata recorded from the Forth 

 area by Mr W. Evans 1 is perhaps a compound species, though 

 all the immaculata recorded from Ireland are referable to 

 that species alone. I have, unfortunately, not had the 

 opportunity of examining Mr Evans' old collection. 



In the following notes I have used the classification of 

 Hansen ; but in a paper I hope to publish shortly, I propose 

 dividing the two groups Scutigerella and Scolopendrella into 

 certain well-defined genera. 



I am much indebted to my friend Mr Evans for the 

 material he is now sending me from the Forth area, and 

 shall always remember the pleasant hours I spent with him 

 collecting these and other little-known creatures in a quarry 

 at the foot of the Pentlands, and on Arthur Seat, Edinburgh, 

 in October of last year (191 2). 



Scutigerella immaculata (Newp.). 



One immature example from the Isle of May, 19 10 (W. Evans) ; 

 several, Rothesay, 191 1 (R. S. B.) ; numerous specimens, Avon- 

 bridge, April, and one from Manuel, East Stirling, March 1912 

 (W. E.). In a quarry at the foot of the Pentlands, and on Arthur 

 Seat, Edinburgh, Oct. 1912 (W. E. and R. S. B.); one, So. 

 Queensferry, Oct. 191 2 (R. S. B.). In a quarry, St Fort, near 

 Dundee, Nov. 191 2 (R. S. B.). 



Scutigerella spinipes, Bagnall. 



The first Scottish specimens were taken by Mr Evans at 

 Avonbridge, Stirlingshire, 13th April 1912, and he has since sent 

 me a specimen from the quarry at the foot of the Pentlands above 

 referred to, Oct. 19 12. It also occurs in Durham (Wear and Tees 

 Valleys), Northumberland (Tyne Valley), and Cheshire. 



Scutigerella biscutata, Bagnall. 



This is apparently a less rare and more widely distributed species 

 than spinipes. 



1 Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc, xvii., 109 (1907). 



