*9i9- H. K. & S. G. B'rade-Birks-— -Vf^2^^5 on Myriapoda. 5 



diagnostic. So far English material of this species 

 has onlv been taken on the coast. On the continent 

 it would appear to occur inland. The Irish material sub- 

 mitted to us included both sexes collected by Mr. R. J. 

 Welch at Rosapenna, Donegal W., 30. v. 1913. (Numbered : 

 Tube 1545, slides 1546, 1547, Brade-Birks collection). 



C. — Remarks upon Craspedosoma rawlinsi Leach. 



This flat-backed millipede has been recorded from 

 several Irish localities, but in view of the confusion which 

 has occurred about its s3aionymy it is worth while to give 

 the following definite record of an Irish occurrence where 

 a male has been available for dissection. 



Mr. Foster has sent us this male taken by Mr. A. W. 

 Stelfox in the hollow dead stem of Seakale in his own garden 

 at Ballymagee, Co. Down, November, 1918. Mr. Stelfox 

 had previously sent us somewhat doubtful specimens 

 from Brussels Sprout plants in the same garden. It is 

 interesting to note that the plants on which these animals 

 were taken were both Cruciferae, as very little is definitely 

 known about the food material of many millipedes. 



D. — A Correction. 



In our eighth paper in this series (2) we recorded Brachy- 

 iiilus (Microbrachyiulus) littoralis Verhoeff as new to Ireland. 

 Bagnall (i) has now shown that Verhoeff 's species is a 

 synonym for " Julus " pusillus Leach. 



* References. 



Bagnall, R. S. — On the Synonymy of some European Diplopods 

 (Myriapoda), with Special Reference to three Leachian Species. 

 Ann. &' Mag. Nat. Hist., 2sov., 1918, pp. 407 et seq. 



Brade-Birks, Hilda K., and S. Graham Brade-Birks. — Notes on 

 Myriapoda VIII. Recent Additions to the Irish Fauna, Irish 

 Naturalist, vol. xxvii., 19 18, pp. 2^ et seq. 



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