Friend: Enchytraetids of the North of England. 293 
18. E. argenteus Michaelsen (= FE. parvulus Friend). This 
was described by me as the Aster worm in 1897, from species 
taken at King’s Hill, near Birmingham, on July 26th. 
19. E. pellucidus Friend. Described by me in Zoologist, 
Series 4, Vol. III., 264. First found in Stockport ; since found 
at Birmingham, May ig1I, and elsewhere. Southern thinks 
it may be a variety of E. albidus Henle. At present, I do not 
accept the suggestion. 
20. E. albidus Henle, is reported by Southern for Adlington 
in Lancashire. 
21. E. minimus Bretscher. First described in 1899, it 
was entered by Southern as Irish in 1907, to be discarded by him 
in 1909, in favour of the next. I shall give reasons in due 
course for retaining both. First English record, Buxton, Ser- 
pentine Walk, May 27th, 1911. Foot of Piston Hills, Derby- 
shire, June 15th, Ig1t. 
22. E. turicensis Bretscher. Already recorded for Ireland 
by Southern. Found near Woodville, Derbyshire, July 11th, 
1g11. First English record. So far as I can gather, no refer- 
ence is made by authorities to the point of origin of dorsal vessel. 
In the case before us I traced it clearly from the setae of 
segment seventeen, whereas in minimus it rises in thirteen. 
It thus appears that the major portion of the species of 
Fridericia and Enchytraeus already known as British are to be 
found in the North of England. The other genera will be 
dealt with in another paper. Meanwhile, I should be greatly 
obliged if naturalists would send me gleanings from different 
localities. If placed in small tin boxes filled with the leat- 
mould, earth, manure, moss or seaweed in which they abound, 
they would travel safely. 
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In a recent number of Natuve the following note, in reference to one 
of our contributors, appears :—Mr. Robert Service, who has just died 
at Dumfries, was one of the best naturalists in Scotland. His profession 
of nurseryman and seedsman prevented his attending a University, 
and also involved close attention to business for every working day. 
Nevertheless, he knew intimately the haunts of every bird in the south of 
Scotland. Not only so, but he thoroughly understood mammals, fishes, 
amphibia, and reptiles. He was an excellent entomologist, and took an 
especial interest in bees and the larger Diptera. Most unfortunately, his 
published papers represent but a very small part of his wide acquaintance 
with birds and beasts of all kinds. He was never able to afford the heavy 
cost of publication which must, for some inscrutable reason, always be 
incurred in Great Britain if a book is of a scientific nature. Much of his 
work is included in the recent ‘ Birds of Dumfriesshire,’ by Mr. S. H. Glad- 
stone, but by far the greater part of it is lost. It is by no means unusual 
for working men to’ be naturalists, at least in Scotland; but Robert 
Service was far more scientific, and had a far wider knowledge than even 
Edwards and Dick, whose names are known to the general public. He 
managed somehow to keep abreast of modern authorities, in spite of the 
difficulties involved by residence in a small country town. His death is 
a serious loss to the natural sciences in the South of Scotland, and under 
present conditions it is a loss that cannot possibly be repaired. 
igi Aug. 1. 
