fy erlad 
XVI. 
COLLEMBOLA FROM FRANZ-JOSEF LAND (collected by 
Mr. W. 8. Bruce, 1896-97). By GEORGE H. CARPENTER, 
B.So. Lonp., Assistant Naturalist in the Science and Art 
Museum, Dublin. 
[Read NovemBer 22; Received for Publication DecEMBER 2, 1899 ; 
Published January 25, 1900.] 
THe Collembola or Springtails are a group of insects which seem 
to be abundant, both in species and individuals, in the Arctic 
regions. Since the first comprehensive memoir of Tullberg (7) on 
the Arctic Collembola appeared, our knowledge of these insects 
from northern Siberia has been greatly enlarged by the work of 
Schott (5), while springtails from Spitzbergen have been studied 
by Schaffer (4c), Lubbock (2), Stscherbakow (6), and Wahlgren 
(8), and from Greenland by Meinert (38). So far, however, no 
insects of this order seem to have been recorded from Franz-Josef 
Land. It was with much satisfaction, therefore, that I received 
from Mr.-W. 8. Bruce, of Hdinburgh, the collection of Collembola 
which he made on that archipelago in 1896 and 1897, while 
attached to the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition. Seven species 
are represented, one of which proves to be new to science. By 
the generous action of Mr. Alfred Harmsworth and Mr. Bruce, the 
collection has been divided between the Science and Art Museums 
of Hdinburgh and Dublin. 
Famity.—PODURIDA. 
Anurida granaria (Nic.). © 
_A few examples only of this species occurred at Cape Flora. 
(27th June, 1896), and Cape Gertrude (14th July, 1897). 
According to Schott (6) A. granaria has a wide range in 
Hurope (it occurs throughout the British Islands); it has also. 
been found in northern Siberia and in Spitzbergen (6). 
SCIENT. PROC. R.D.S., VOL. IX., PART III. x 
