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DRASSIDAE. 
Corinna praestans, Cambr.—Proc. Dors. Nat. ae and Antiq. 
Field Club. 1911. Vol. xxxii, p. 37, pl. A., figs. 1 
In Propagating pits. Coll. J. Sparrow and H. T. “Mae 
This is a fine and distinct species; received from Kew in July, 
1910, and November, 1910, and described and figured (l.c. supra) as 
new to science. It is, no doubt, an imported spider, but there was 
no clue as to whence it may have come. The genus has a very wide 
distribution in exotic regions. 
PHALANGIDEA. 
I have received from Kew, on various occasions, examples of 
one, if not two, exotic Phalangids, which however I have not 
yet been able to identify satisfactorily. They are still under 
examination. 
ACARIDEA. 
GAMASIDAE. 
Uro poda obscura, Koch. In propagating pits. Coll. J. Scott. 
Found 3 in tubers of Raphionacme utilis from Angola. 
ANNELIDA. 
OLIGOCHAETA. 
Rey. Hilderic Friend. 
Since my last a Bsr published (K.B. 1910, pp. 79-82), 1 have 
i a to add somewhat to our knowledge ‘of the Annelids of 
I have, as in in fo rmer years, had the Kind assistance of the 
. staff ‘and aided by a Government grant, have been able also person- 
ally to visit a Gardens and explore the rubbish heaps, loam, lake 
and ponds. may be mentioned that on June 8th, 1910, Mr. D. 
Hillard steel a hair-worm, usuall own as Gordius agquaticus, 
The British species of these parasites have not yet been worked 
tld but : have much material on hand which will receive attention 
in due 
My cds are chronological. 
erga caliginosa, Savigny. Propagating pits. Coll. 
The os consignment also contained a worm which proved to be a 
new species, and an interesting addition to science, viz. :— 
Aporrectodea ora Friend. Propagating pits. H. 
Downer. This is about 7 cm. in alcohol, and has a total of 
180 segments, of chick 5 to 8 are the largest. It exudes very 
little mucus or turbid fluid, the male pores on segment 15 are not 
on prominent papillae, the girdle extends from 28 to 35, a the 
tubercula pubertatis are on the alternate segments 30, 32, 3 
