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 SOME NOTTINGHAiHSHIRE TERRESTRIAL ISOPODA. 



\>ROv\ j. W. CARR. M.A., F.r..S., 



(iiii'i'isily CoUt'fie, ^Vof/i/ij^/iiiiii. 



As I can lind no mention ot anv Notting'hamshire Woodlice in 

 any published work, it may be worth while to place on record 

 the result of some casual i^-athering-s of these Crustacea made 

 duriiii;- the past summer (1902). No special search was made, 

 only those specimens that came in my way while collectings 

 other material being" secured. Doubtless a systematic search in 

 suitable localities would result in the discover}' of several other 

 species. My thanks are due to Dr. ScharfF, of the Science and 

 Art Museum, Dublin, for kind assistance in identifying my 

 captures. Tlie nomenclature is that adopted by Dr. Scharff in 

 his articles on Irish Woodlice in the /r/s/i Naturalist ior January 

 and February 1894. The names in parentheses are those used 

 by Bate and Westwood in the British Sessile-Eyed Crustacea, 

 Vol. II. 



Trichoniscus pusillus, Brandt. [Pliilougria riparia). Among 

 Conocephdlus conicus on the steep bank of a stream at 

 Burton Jovce. 

 PorcelUo scaber, Latr. Very common under plant-pots and 



stones in Nottingham gardens and elsewhere. 

 Metoponorthus pruinosus, Brandt. {PorcelUo pruiuosus). In 

 considerable numbers under a log in a Nottingham garden. 

 Platyarthrus Hoffmannseggii, Brandt. I have not found this 

 species about Nottingham, but the Rev. Alfred Thornley 

 recently sent me specimens taken by him at Clarborough, 

 near Retford. It is pure white in colour, destitute of eyes, 

 and lives in Ants' nests. 

 Oniscus asellus, Linn. Abundant everywhere in and about 

 Nottingham under plant-pots in gardens, under stones, 

 logs, bark of trees, etc. 

 Philoscia muscorutn, Scop. Sherwood Forest, near Edwin- 



stowe, under stones among bracken. 

 ArmadHlidium vulgare, Latr. {Armadillo vulgaris). The ' Pill- 

 niillipede,' so called from the facility with which it can roll 

 itself into a ball when alarmed, occurred in some numbers 

 under stones in a Nottingham garden. I also took one 

 while it was running across a road near Bulwell, on a sunny- 

 afternoon in June, an unusual occurrence for so entirely 

 nocturnal an animal. 



1903 February i. 



