Friend : OligochcBts of Great Britain and Ireland. 8i 



I have visited Cambridge, the River Thames, Chelsea, and 

 elsewhere, but have so far failed to confirm the following : — 

 Allolohophora platyura Fitz., reported by Oerley for Cambridge ; 

 A. complanata Duges, said by the same writer to be found in 

 England ; A. rubida Oeidey, recorded by Oeiiey for Woolwich. 

 Oerley was a good obser^'er, and we may yet hope to re-cUscover 

 the foregoing species. 



If we take the species Eisenia veneta Rosa, as represented 

 by five forms (the type being at present doubtful in Britain), 

 our list now stands thus : — 



6 Former List 6 

 26 ,, 24 



32 ,, 15 



5 .' 5 



75 >, 52 



39 .. 29 



I ,, I 



1. xEolosomatidffi 



2. Naididai 

 Tubificidge 



o 



4. Lumbriculidse 



5. Enchytr?eidse 



6. Lumbricidae 



7. Haplotaxidas 



8. Glossoscolicidas 



I 



Total 186 ,, 134 ; increase 52 



Out of the 52 new to Britain, no fewer than 22 have been 

 discovered and described as new to science by myself. In 

 all, my additions to science thus far amount to 30 species. 

 Should all be well we shall have raised the number of British 

 species to 200, when the material now under investigation has 

 been fully described. 



Addendum. — Since the foregoing sunimary was written, I 

 have determined one new species of Enchytraeid, viz., Marion- 

 ina rivalis Bret., and a new Tubificid, Rhyacodrihis bisetosus 

 Friend. I also observe that Dr. J. Stephenson has added 

 Bothrioncitrnm iris, together with two new species of Lumbri- 

 cillus and two new species of Enchytraeus to the British List 

 (' Tr. Roy. Soc. Edin.', 1911, Vol. XLVHI. pp. 31-65). These 

 bring the total up to 193. As I have not yet been able to con- 

 sult Dr. Stephenson's paper, I cannot supply the names of his 

 additions. 



Mr. ;\I. C. Dixon, a postman, and a keen entomologist, died at Spenny- 

 moor, on December 2nd, aged 37 years. 



The Birstall Urban District Council is appealing for funds for the 

 erection of a suitable memorial to Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of 

 Oxygen. Priestley was born at Birstall. 



Noticing in the ' contents ' of a recent number of the Proceedings 

 of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society that the Rev. Dr. Irving had a paper 

 on ' A sub-fossil horse skeleton recently found near Bishop's Stortford,' 

 we hastily turned to the page indicated. The full title of the paper, and 

 the date it was read, are given, but, ' the rest is silence.' 



1912 Mar. I. "^ 



