1362 The Zoologist— September, 1868. 



"Seventh mo. 1, 18C7. A large company of the 'snake worms' 

 attempted to cross a gravel walk in the yard this morning, but became 

 entangled iu the sand, which adhered to their bodies and seemed to 

 bewilder them. School duties interfered with watching them, but I 

 anticipated their perishing in the sand. They had managed to keep 

 together when I saw them, after having crawled through three or four 

 feet of sandy gravel, and may have eventually escaped. The most 

 noticeable fact in regard to them was the presence among them, 

 travelling with and over them, of a full-grown maggot of a fly ! It 

 was very lively, diving into the mass and emerging again, as though 

 quite at home. How did it get there ? and why did it associate with 

 them ? Was it hatched among them ? Their course was about 

 N.W." 



"Seventh mo. 5, 1867. A small company of those worms again on 

 the gravel walk, within a few feet of the same place as on the 1st inst. 

 As they were going in an opposite direction from those on the 1st, they 

 may be the same company. There were several many-footed worms, 

 about an inch long, accompanying them ; these were engaged iu 

 pulling worms out of the procession and devouring them. On both 

 occasions the companies were noticed early in the morning, as though 

 they commenced moving in the night. Their course was about S." 



" Seventh mo. 8, 1867. A much larger company of these worms were 

 on the brick walk. They had nearly crossed the walk before 7 A. M., 

 showing they commenced moving early in the morning. They 

 appeared unusually lively. Upon careful examination, we found the 

 train extending back into the grass eighteen inches to a cluster of them 

 which appeared to be issuing out of the ground. They moved on the 

 surface of the ground, winding among the grass to avoid the stems. 

 This disproves our former supposition that they emerged to avoid 

 some obstruction. We were necessarily called off, and on our return 

 the traces of them were lost. Some ants and one small worm seemed 

 engaged in eating them ; the worms apparently appreciated their 

 danger, shrinking from the touch of these animals. This procession 

 measured six feet six inches. Occasionally one would be left on the 

 ground after the train had passed, but most of them kept with the 

 general mass. Their course was about N.W." 



"Seventh mo. 9, 1867. Two more small companies of these worms 

 appeared, apparently the remains of the large party of yesterday. 

 Each company was short of a foot in length, and was accompanied 

 by quite a number of the worms noticed before with them. I caught 



