British Enchi/tr;vids. Bij Rev. H. Friend. 581 



1896, p. 298. During the same year I received it from Mr. Allen, 

 of Plaistow, who collected it in Essex. In 1896, it was again 

 taken near the Goods Station at Cockermouth in Cumberland. In 

 1909, Southern recorded it for Ireland. See Southern, Contribu- 

 tions, p. 146; Friend, in The Naturalist, 1911, p. 319; The 

 Zoologist. 1911, p. 464. 



2. Henlea ventricidosa D'Udekem. 



Length 10-15 mm. according to Michaelsen ; but English speci- 

 mens are larger, sometimes reaching 20 mm., and having 50-60 

 segments. Grey or yellowish in colour setffi 5-9 per bundle, 

 straight or slightly bent, the innermost in the front segments often 

 being shorter than the outermost, as in Fridcricia. The ccelomic 

 corpuscles are large and elliptical. The salivary glands are usually 

 rudimentary or inconspicuous. The narrow oesophagus widens 

 suddenly in segment 9 where the dorsal vessel takes its rise. The 

 cesophageal glands are four in number. There is a somewhat long 

 anteseptal to the nephridia, and the duct about equals the postseptal 

 in length, springing from its anterior. It is at once distinguished 

 from H. nasuta by the cesophageal glands. It is found in moist 

 earth and at the roots of plants, in Denmark, Germany, Belgium, 

 Bohemia, and elsewhere on the Continent, as well as in America 

 and Xew Zealand. 



British Records. — Found in May 1892 at Idle in Yorkshire. 

 Eeceived the same month from Mr. Allen, of Plaistow. Friend in 

 Essex Naturalist (1896) ix. p. 110. March 28, 1896, under moss 

 by trickling water near Cockermouth, Cumberland. Found l3y 

 Southern (Irish Naturalist, 1907, xvi. p. 70) in various parts of 

 Ireland. For Irish and Scotch localities see Southern, Contributions, 

 p. 147 (6'). 



3. Henlea dicksoni Eisen. 



From 8-15 mm. in length, with about 45-50 segments. 

 Michaelsen says there are 6-8 setie per Ijundle, which are straight 

 or slightly bent and Fridericia-like, inasmuch as the inner pairs 

 are shorter than the outer. The brain, contrary to the usual rule 

 in Henleas, is much longer than broad, and salivaries are present. 

 There are no ojsophageal glands as in H. nasuta and H. ventricidosa, 

 but the dorsal vessel arises in the 8th segment. The duct of the 

 nephridium springs from the anterior portion of the postseptal. 

 The sperm-funnel, which is small, is about twice as long as broad, 

 and the duct which is long, is arranged in an orderly fashion. 

 There are large glands at the opening of the spermathecie. It was 

 originally found under damp moss, and has been recorded as 

 occurring in Nova Zembla, Germanv, and Switzerland. It was 



