﻿64 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Shoebotham's 
  Notes 
  on 
  Collemhola, 
  

  

  Suborder 
  S 
  Y 
  M 
  p 
  H 
  y 
  p 
  L 
  E 
  N 
  A, 
  C. 
  B. 
  

  

  Family 
  Neelidae, 
  Fols, 
  

  

  Gonus 
  MegaloTHORAX, 
  Willem. 
  

  

  2^. 
  Mcgalothorax 
  minimus, 
  Willem. 
  

  

  Loc. 
  Portaclown, 
  iii. 
  1912, 
  under 
  flower-pot 
  in 
  a 
  house 
  (2). 
  

  

  I 
  first 
  discovered 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  Hertfordshire 
  in 
  1908, 
  and 
  

   have 
  since 
  found 
  it 
  in 
  all 
  districts 
  in 
  England 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  

   specially 
  looked 
  for 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  smallest 
  British 
  spi'ingtail, 
  

   measuring 
  only 
  '25 
  mm. 
  long 
  | 
  the 
  tiny 
  size 
  no 
  doubt 
  accounts 
  

   for 
  it 
  having 
  been 
  overlooked. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  under 
  

   flower-pots 
  in 
  greenhouses, 
  and 
  under 
  boards, 
  bark, 
  stones, 
  

   sticks, 
  &c., 
  out 
  of 
  doors. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  Irish 
  record. 
  

  

  Family 
  Sminthuridse, 
  Lbk. 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  Sminthuridinje, 
  C. 
  B. 
  

  

  Genus 
  SmiiNThuiunus, 
  C. 
  B. 
  

  

  29, 
  Sininthurinus 
  niger 
  (Lbk.). 
  

  

  Loc. 
  Gilford, 
  iii. 
  1912, 
  in 
  greenhouse 
  on 
  flower-pots 
  (1) 
  ; 
  

   Portadown, 
  iii. 
  1912, 
  on 
  flower-pots 
  in 
  house 
  (6). 
  

  

  30. 
  Smiidhwinus 
  aureus 
  (Lbk.), 
  var. 
  ochropus 
  (Rent.). 
  

   Loc. 
  Dundonald, 
  vi. 
  1913, 
  under 
  a 
  stick 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  (J). 
  

  

  Genus 
  Arrhopalites, 
  C. 
  B. 
  

   31. 
  Arrhopalites 
  coicus 
  (Tbg.). 
  

   Loc. 
  Portadown, 
  iii. 
  1912, 
  under 
  flower-pofs 
  in 
  a 
  house 
  (4). 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  Sminthurinm, 
  C 
  B. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Bourletiella, 
  Banks, 
  C. 
  B. 
  

  

  32. 
  Bourletiella 
  signata 
  (Nic, 
  Agr.). 
  

   z= 
  Smynthurus 
  horteusis, 
  Fitch. 
  

  

  Loc. 
  Dundonald, 
  vi. 
  1913, 
  under 
  board 
  in 
  a 
  garden 
  (1). 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Genus 
  Orchesella. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Orchesella 
  was 
  founded 
  by 
  Templeton 
  (1835), 
  

   p. 
  92, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  Antennai 
  G- 
  or 
  7-jointed, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  

  

  