Eluma purpur 



ascens ! 



BuJ<le-Luml 





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29 



32 







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25 



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31 



16 



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24 



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22 





15 



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t'ACK Bkrksford and FoSTioK — The Woodlice of Ireland. 18o 



ELUMA. 



There are only two kiiowu species of the geuus Eluuia, i.e. E. purpurasccns 

 and E. helleri. The latter species has only lately been described by 

 Dr. Verhoeff, from the Island of Teneriffe.' 



it was found in large numbers on the 

 Hill of Howth (D. K. P. B.), and at 

 Portmamock (K. S. B.), in Co. Dublin. 

 It has not yet been found in Great 

 Britain ; but it has a very wide distri- 

 bution round the shores of the Atlantic. 

 The headquarters of the species seem 

 to be in the Atlantic archipelagoes, the 

 Canaries, Azores, and Madeira, where it 

 is very abundant. It has been taken 

 also in western Algeria, and in Spain, 

 Portugal, and Prance. "We give two 

 This interesting southern species was figures of this species (Plate VIII. , fig. 



first discovered in Ireland in 1 908, when 3, A and B). 



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