LUMBRICUS. 59 



148 & 149. Stew. Elem. ii. 354. Stark, Elem. ii. 141. Leach in 

 Supp. Encyclop. Brit. i. 451. pi. 26. Blainville in Diet, des Sc. 

 nat. Atlas, pi. tig. omu. Blumenbach, Nat. Hist. Transl. 241. 

 Templeton in Loud. Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. 234. Garner's Staffordsh. 



OO 1 . 



Ver cle terre, Bonnet, Insect, ii. 212. pi. 3. Lyonnet in Lesser's In- 

 sect. Theol. i. 156. pi. 2. f. 3. 

 The Lumbvicus or Earth-worm, Smellie, Phil. Nat. Hist. i. 99 & ii. 



123. 

 Common Earth-worm, White's Selborne, ii. 14 & 279 ; Edin. Phil. 



Journ. iii. 412 & ix. 409. Loiidon's Suburb. Horticult. 94. J. E. 



Gray in Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 234. Loudon's Garden. Mag. xvii. 



212(1841). 

 Lumbricus terrester, Blumenb. Man. 241. pi. fig. 7- Grube, Ann. 99. 

 Lumbricus terrestris norvegicus. Fabric. Faun. Grant. 277. 

 Lumbricus maximus, Mus. Leach. 

 Lumbricus trapezoides, Duges in Ann. des Sc. nat. xv. 289 & 291 



pi. 9. f. 13, 14 &2]. 

 Lumbricus herculeus, Duges in Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser. 2. viii. 21, 

 Lumbricus agricola, Hoffmeister, Art. der Regenw. 5. pi. f. 1. opt. 

 The Lob-worm or Dew-worm, Hofland's Angler's Man. 9. 

 The Earth-, Lob-, or Dew-worm, Stoddart's Ang. Compan. 110. 



Younger on River Angling, 7G. 

 /3. Lumbricus festivus, Duges in Ann. des Sc. nat. ser. 2. viii. 21. nl 1 



f. 6. ^ 



Hab. A loose rich soil, more especially a recent vegetable mould. 

 Common everywhere. 



Obs. The skin reflects a beautiful blue iridescence, more especially 

 from the dorsal margins of the segments. The basis of the spines 

 (as in most of our species) is of a clear brovm (fig. 1) ; the spinets 

 are colourless (fig. 2). 



(a) Spring Grove, Mus. Leach. 



(b) Hammersmith, Dr. J. E. Gray. 



(c) Berwick, Dr. Johnston. 



/3. (a) Berwick, Dr. Johnston. 



2. L. minor, clitellus of seven or eight segments, on the anterior 

 third of the body; vulvae on the 16th segment; post-occipital 

 segment unmarked with furrows ; anal extremity roundish, not 

 spathulate. Length 2-3". 



Lumbrici minores, rubicundi, majoribus concolores, Raii Hist. In- 

 sect, iii. 



Lumbricus terrestris, Linn. Faun. Suec. 2nd edit. 504. Fabric. Faun. 

 Groenl. 276 ? 



Lumbricus terrestris minor, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 33. pi. 19. f. 6 A. 



Lumbricus pulchellus, Mus. Leach. 



Lumbricus amphisba^na?, Duges in Ann. des Sc. nat. xv. 293. 



Lumbricus pygmajus?, Grube, Fam. Annel. 100. 



The Marsh-worm, Stoddart, Angl. Comp. 112. Hojland, Angl. Man. 10. 



The Red-Head, Stoddart, Angl. Comp. 113. 



The Red Worm, Hojland, Angl. Man. 10. 



