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F.R.S.E., of Edinburgh, and was hoping they would prove to be 

 an addition to our list, but they turned out to be merely a 

 duplication of the last record. The only other record is in need 

 of confirmation. I received from my sister two specimens of a 

 small worm whose girdle extended from segments 31 to 36. This 

 I have recorded as (11) D. mammalis, Sav. (= D. celtica, Eosa). 

 Much evidently remains to be done in this delightful county. 

 Total, 11. 



12. Dorset. — Though I believe several worms are known, I 

 have reliable records for two only. Yet it was from Dorset that 

 I got my inspiration. The Rev. 0. Pickard Cambridge gave 

 much attention to (1) Allurus tetrcsdrus, Sav., which he found at 

 Hyde, near Wareham, in July, 1888. Dr. Benham wrote to 

 Cambridge for specimens, and said the species was new to 

 Britain. This, however, was a mistake, as it was already 

 recorded for Devonshire by Johnston (see supra). Benham 

 wrote about it in 'Nature,' and Beddard in *Proc. Eoy. Phy. 

 Soc. Edin.' x. 209. Mr. Cambridge also found a second worm in 

 the same locality, which was said to be Allolohophora boeckii, 

 but which, I think, must be provisionally entered as (2) Dendro- 

 hcena suhruhicunda, Eisen. 



13. Durham. — My son, J. Newton Friend, D.Sc, Ph.D., has 

 sent me specimens of nine different kinds of earthworms from 

 this county as follows : — Darlington, September, 1909 : (1) Allo- 

 lobophora longa, Ude ; (2) Lumhricus terrestris, L. ; (3) L. ruhellus, 

 Hoffm., and (4) L. castaneus, Sav. ; (5) ^. caliginosa, Sav. 

 {turgida, ^isen) ; (6) Aporrectodea chloi'otica, Sav.,* (7) Eisenia 

 rosea, Sav. ; and (8) Dendrobcena subrubicunda, Eisen. In 

 August, 1911 (9) Eisenia fostida, Sav., from clayey garden soil. 



14. Essex. — I have published information on Essex Earth- 

 worms from time to time in the * Essex Naturalist' and else- 

 where. In the early nineties I had a most excellent . corre- 

 spondent and collector in the person of Mr. Wm. Allen, of 

 Canning Town. Mr. Wm. Cole, F.L.S., and Mr. George Day, 

 F.E.M.S., also assisted me in my endeavours to make the county 

 list complete. Mr. Allen sent me from Plaistow Marsh (1) 

 Bimastus eiseiii, Levinsen, and an allied form, which I named 

 var. gracilis, but which I am now disposed to think may have 

 been a different species. (2) Dendrobana arborea, Eisen, is 



