

Notes towards a Knowledge of the Clyde Myriapoda. 



By Richard S. Bagnall, F.L.S., F.E.S. 

 (Hope Department of Zoology, University Museum, Oxford). 



[Read 25th March, 1913.] 



I have never made any systematic attempt to collect the 

 Myriapods in the Clyde area, but as only thirteen species are 

 recorded in the British Association Handbook of the Fauna of 

 that Area, I think my few records should be published, and 

 perhaps others will take up the special study of these creatures. 



Most of my material was taken during a short holiday 

 at B,othesay, including a day at Ormidale and another at 

 Brodick, and in the spring of 1912, a week-end at Ardlui added 

 some interesting species, notably Lithobins borealis Mein., and a 

 recently described species of Scolopendrella. That much work 

 remains to be done in the Myriapods of this country is beyond 

 doubt. In little more than a season's collecting in the North- 

 umberland and Durham district, I brought to light over sixty 

 species, including more than twenty additions to the British 

 fauna. These results were largely due to a special study of the 

 two obscure groups, the Fauropoda and the Symphyla, but at the 

 same time, notable captures amongst the larger forms were also 

 made, such as Brachychceteuma bagnalli Verhoeff, the type of a 



