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THE DISTRIBUTION OF BRITISH ANNELIDS. 



By the Rev. Hilderic Friend, F.L.S., Fellow Royal 

 Microscopical Society. 



, (Continued from p. 191.) 



11. Devonshire. — The naturalists of this county have in 

 past years given some attention to the Oligochsets. Allusion is 

 made to them in Bellamy's ' Natural History of South Devon,' 

 and the invaluable ' Transactions ' of the Devonshire Association 

 may also be consulted. But we are not aware that anything of 

 value has been published since the days when the study was 

 placed on a new and scientific basis. My records are founded 

 on personal observations, and on a series of specimens collected 

 for me some years ago by my sister, Nurse Hetty Friend. I have 

 previously published a brief article on Devonshire Earthworms 

 in the 'Field Club.' The only worm recorded by Johnston 

 (* Catalogue,' p. 61)- which is indisputable is (1) Allurus tetrcs- 

 drus, Sav., and this has been confirmed by Beddard, who 

 received it from Bickleigh, near Plymouth. The so-called Lum- 

 bricus minor may include three or four different species, but I 

 may here regard it as equivalent to (2) L. castaneus, Sav., 

 which occurs under droppings in pastures. To these we may add 

 (3) L. terrestris, L., and (4) L. rubellus, Hoffm. I have no record 

 for the other two species of Lumbricus found in the British Isles. 

 (5) Allolobophora longa, Ude, and (6) A. caliginosa, Sav. (perhaps 

 the form turgida, Eisen), also occur. The Brandling (7) Eisenia 

 fcetida, Sav., is abundant at Bovey Tracey and elsewhere. My 

 specimens from this county are smaller and darker than those 

 found further north — a subject of interest upon which further 

 observations are desirable (see ' Westminster Gazette,' June 

 10th, 1911). (8) Aporrectodeachlorotica, Sav., is likewise widely 

 distributed, as well as (9) Eisenia rosea, Sav. (= mucosa, Eisen), 

 and (10) Dendrobcena subrubiciinda, Eisen. In April, 1906, I 

 received some worms from Wookey Hole, through Mr. W. Evans, 



