NOTES ON DERBYSHIRE ANNELIDS. 



Rev. HILDERIC FRIEND, 

 High Wycombe. 



I\ September 1903 I was able to spend a few days in the Peak 

 District, making my headquarters at Park Hall, Hayfield, the 

 Guest House of the Co-operative Holiday Association. During" 

 that time I paid some attention to the Phanerogams, Fungi, and 

 Annelids, and though the flowering plants were not numerous 

 the worms proved worthy of study, the more so as I do not find 

 a single note among my books and memoranda relating to the 

 Annelids of Derbyshire. I regret to say that two or three 

 species were not determined, owing to my books being all 

 packed. I give a list, however, oi those concerning which no 

 possible doubt can exist. The district as a whole does not seem 

 to be specially favourable to worms. Peat, Millstone Grit, and 

 the related soils and rocks do not afford the nutriment in which 

 our earthworms delight ; but the rich mould under the trees in 

 woods and by the side of woodland streams well repays examina- 

 tion. Manure heaps and garden soil also prove prolific. One or 

 two worms were found a few feet below Edale Cross, which is 

 a fairly good elevation, though I have found species a thousand 

 feet higher on Skiddaw and Ben Lomond. I should be glad 

 if collectors would enable me to complete the list. Special search 

 should be made for the Dendrobcena found in the decayed 

 trunks of trees — ^either such as are lying on the soil, or the 

 stumps which are allowed to rot away in the woods after the 

 trees have been felled. The white worms need collecting at 

 different seasons of the year. 



1. Lumbricus herculeus, (Savigny). On the lawn at Park 

 Hall, Hayfield, 2nd September 1902. 



2. Lumbricus rubellus, Hoffmeister. In vegetable mould. 

 Park Hall gardens. 



3. Allolobophora profuga, Rosa. A steel-blue worm with 

 yellow tail. Park Hall. 



4. Allolobophora foetida, (Savigny). The Brandling ; in 

 manure heaps, Park Hall. 



5. Allolobophora subrubicunda, Eisen. Park Hall, Kinder 

 Bottom, and by side of a little stream near Edale Cross. 



6. Allolobophora chlorotica, (Savigny). This worm is very 

 variable, and in addition to the type one or two varieties 

 occurred at Park Hall and Kinder Bottom. 



1903 January 3. 



