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Colour : uniform red brown, without spots or marbling, though va- 

 rieties may occur. 



Habits : runs with agility, as conveyed in the name ; buries itself 

 deep in the ground, and generally congregates in numbers ; very impa- 

 tient of dryness, soon dying on exposure to air. 



Habitat : very moist places, amongst all kinds of decaying matter ; 

 also amongst moist dead leaves, amongst wet ashes, in moss, at roots 

 of trees : extremely common. I cannot account for this species remain- 

 ing so long undetected in Britain. 



Localities: Ireland — Dublin, very common (Wexford, Cork, and 

 Kerry, E. Percival "Wright, Esq.). 



England — Epping Forest, near London, Kent, Chisselhurst, where 

 it seems as common as in Ireland. 



Now first added to British list. 



In many Papers, the references to the Plates not being as definite as 

 we could wish, we have thought it better to append separate, carefully 

 drawn-up Descriptions of Plates. These have been furnished to us by 

 the authors of the papers, except in a few cases, where such assistance 

 was not needed; and we trust that they will add to the importance of 

 the many valuable Original Communications which this volume of the 

 " Natural History Beview" contains. — Eds, N. H. E. 



