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Britain (including the Dendrobenas), but not one of them appears 
to be peculiar to these islands. They are acpi varied in 
character, and all future students will owe our author a debt of 
gratitude for his careful and lucid Ae of facts and details. 
quarrel with him over one or two of the resuscitated names, and the 
abolishing of certain others which long use had enabled us to roll 
glibly off our tongues, but there is evidence that the aim of the 
author has been to do justice to the earliest investigators. We 
should agree with Michaelsen (p. 39) in making A. constricta Rosa, 
a sub-species of A. putris. To avoid confusion, we should prefer 
to retain Ude’s name, A. /onga, in the place of reviving Savigny’s 
term, “errestre (p. 48). It seems very desirable to fix upon names 
which are expressive of some peculiarity in the animal, and anyone 
who is familiar with the Long Worm will at Once admit the 
appositeness of Ude’s name. 
osa suggests that 4. camdérica Friend, may belong to one 
the various forms of J. chlorotica Savigny. This is probable, but 
-Rosa’s lengthy account of the latter species, and my own researches, 
indicate that much remains to be done in the way of working out 
the causes and extent of variation in this and some other species. 
We are glad to see that Levinsen’s Lumbricus eiseni, which we long 
ago showed was no true Lumbricus, is placed with Adolobophora 
_ (p. 67). No genuine cassiceiaed emits a yellow fluid from its cores! ne 
: pores as this does. 
The bulk of the species edad: in this genus are not indigenoas : : 
ae pom us, and, therefore, do not demand fuller notice in these pages. — 
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