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Indiana University Bioli^-^ical Station at Vawtcr Paik. 

 Sinclair (190-1:), in addition to lof'crcnces to two ol' the cases 

 cited above, adds an instance, with which the writer is other- 

 wise unr:iniiliar, from Verhoeff; this concerns Brdc/if/Je.'unus 

 stiperuSf " which," says Sinchnr, " live in dry seasons honcath 

 the earth and in rainy weather are found above the ground : 

 in the latter case they make short miiinitions." 



Ne^' Records, 



Movements of Millipedes at Nicjht. 



At Wye, Kent, in 1921, I was fortunate in beiiio- nblc to 

 make rnst-iiand observations over a period of several months. 

 On (jlh April, between 8 and 9 P.M., G.M.T., 1 was walking 

 with a colleague, j\Ir. C. A. W. Dutfield, along a road close 

 to the town (Cold harbour Road), when, by the light of the 

 lamp carried, a number of millipedes was seen in the roadway. 

 On many subsequent nights during the months of April, May, 

 and June, I searched the same road, and repeatedly found 

 millipedes. Twice in July (19 and 20) when 1 Hcarched 1 

 found none. In the course of three months the following 

 animals were obtained in this way: — 



Tachypoduiulus nijfer (Leach). 



Cijliiidroiulus londinensis, var. cccndeocinclus (W^oolIJ. 



lulus i^Micropodoiulus) scandinaviuSj Latzcl. 



Ofdnjiulus pilosus (Newport). 



Schiz()j)/it/lluiu stibulosuin (Liniic). 



Stosalea italica (Latzel) [now first recorded for Britain ; 



see remark at the end of this note]. 

 Polydesmus sp. 



1 believe that the millipedes observed on this road weio 

 mostly individuals of the first two forms mentioned in the list 

 just above. Support is given to this view by the fact that 

 on the first two nights of observation — nights when large 

 numbers were observed — complete diagnosis of the animals 

 collected showed that there had been obtained 24: 1'. ni<jtr, 



I C londinensis, var. cccruleocinctus, 1 Polydesmus sp., in a 

 distance of about 210 yards on 6. 4. 21, and 70 2'. niger, 



II C. londinensis, var. cceruleocinctus, 1 or 2 /. scandinavius, 

 and 1 Polydesmus sp. in a diatancc of about 530 yards on 

 7. 1. 21 (both distances arc but roughly determined). 



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