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bring together; and the examination of our Enchytraeids and 

 other Oligochaets supplies us with further material of an equally 

 instructive character.* 



List of British Earthworms. — At last the Lumbricidae of Great 

 Britain have been fairly well investigated, and the reproach that 

 they " have never been carefully monographed " may be wiped 

 away. Southern and 1 have done our best to make the list 

 complete, and although we shall probably be able in time to 

 make a few further additions, when the gardens connected with 

 our' old mansions have been explored, and the highlands and 

 islands have been investigated, yet we cannot hope to find 

 many new species. The following list will be of service for 

 future workers, and supplies sufficient information for working 

 purposes. 



Allurus (Eisen) = Eiseniella (Michaelsen) 



i. A. tetraedrus Sav. Dominant. Very widely distributed. 



Var. luteus Friend. Carlisle, Calverley, Newark, and 

 elsewhere. 



2. A. tetragonurus Friend. Bangor in Wales. 



3. A. macrurus Friend. Malahide, near Dublin. 



4. A. hercynius Michaelsen. Scotland. 



5. A. mollis Friend. Hastings and Burton Joyce. 



Eisenia (Malm. em. Michaelsen) 



6. E. foetida Savigny. Everywhere in manure and rich soil. 



7. E. veneta Rosa. Represented by the varieties named. 



Var. hibernica Friend. Dublin. 



Var. tepidaria Friend. Oxford Botanic Garden. 



Var. robusta Friend. Gardens at Malvern. 



Var. dendroida Friend. Gardens at Malvern. 



Var. zebra Michaelsen. Ireland. 



Var. unnamed. Gardens in Cornwall. 



8. E. alpina Rosa. Perthshire, Scotland. 



9. E. rosea Sav. Widely distributed. 



Var. macedonica Rosa. In gardens : Kew, Chelsea. 

 Var. unnamed. Cambridge Botanic Garden. 



Allolobophora (Eisen em. Rosa) 



10. A. georgii Michaelsen. Valencia, Ireland. 



11. A. caliginosa Sav. Widely spread. Two forms: 



Var. turgida Eisen. Common. 

 Var. trapezoides Duges. Common. 



12. A. longa Ude. Everywhere dominant. 



.13. A. relictus Southern. Clare Island, Ireland. 



