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NOTES ON DUBLIN OLIGOCHAETS. 
BY REV. HILDERIC FRIEND. 
During the month of March, 191 3, I spent ten days in 
Diibhn, and took advantage of the opportunity to push for- 
ward the study of the indigenous annehds. As Southern has 
shewn (i)* it is many years since the subject first occupied 
my attention. My own researches (4) were followed by 
those of Southern (2), who, in 1908 stated that about 60 
species of ohgochaets had already been found in the district, 
and estimated that probably not far short of 200 might 
be found. It is proposed in the present paper to give a 
topographical and chronological summary setting forth the 
general results of my investigations, reserving the systema- 
tic and complete list of species found for a second article. 
I had the good fortune during my stay in Ireland to be 
the guest of Mr. E. W. Booth, b.a.l, of Herbert Park, 
Donnybrook, who gave me every assistance in my work, 
and indicated the spots where research might be rewarded. 
I opened my campaign on March 6th by visiting the banks 
of the Dodder, and in a very short time found myself in 
a most prolific hunting ground. The first annelid to greet 
me was my old friend Lumhricus papillosus which has been 
renamed Lumhricus Friendi Cognetti. For twenty years I 
have sought it in vain in England, and as the search has 
been carried out in almost every part of the country, there 
seems good reason to beheve that it is not English at all. 
In the light of Dr. Scharff' s researches (6), and the interesting 
statements of Taylor (7), this is an important fact. It is 
also to be noted that L. terrestris L. is often rare or wanting 
where its near ally is abundant. All the five species of 
Lumhricus were found by the Dodder, but no new addition 
was made to the genus, and it almost seems as if the British 
species were limited to these. But among the Allolobo- 
phoras, using the term to include all the genera and sub- 
* The numbers in brackets refer to the Bibliography. 
