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 Armadillidium pulchellum Brandt. 



This beautifully coloured little species has only been found 

 at one place in Ulster — Ballyquintin Point, Co. Down, where it 

 occurs in considerable numbers. It may be mentioned that this 

 species was first found in the British Islands by Dr. Scharff in 

 Co. Sligo. 



Armadillidium nasatum Budde-Lund. 



Without doubt this is an exotic species here, being only 

 found in warm greenhouses where, when it occurs, it is generally 

 numerous. It was first discovered in Ireland at Hillsborough. 

 It has since been taken at Glaslough, Monaghan ; Baronscourt, 

 Tyrone ; Downshire Gardens (Hillsborough), Belvoir Park, 

 Bangor, Crawfordsburn, Newtownards and Knock, Down ; and 

 Belfast, Antrim. 



The specimens from all the localities cited in this paper have 

 been examined by me, and in regard to some of the critical species 

 I have to thank Dr. Scharff and Mr. D. R. Pack Beresford for 

 their assistance. In several instances we were indebted to the 

 late Dr. Budde-Lund of Copenhagen, for examining specimens 

 the identity of which was uncertain. 



The seven species of Woodlice recorded as Irish which have 

 not as yet been recognised in our province are Trichoniscus 

 vividus, Philoscia couchii, Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii, Porcellio 

 rathkii, Porcellionoides cingendus, P. melanurus and Eluma 

 purpurascens, and of these, three (Ph. couchii, P. melanurus and 

 E. purpurascens) are only known in Ireland to occur on Howth 

 Head and its vicinity in Co. Dublin — their native habitats being 

 in the Mediterranean District and Atlantic Islands. As such 

 their presence in Ireland is of exceptional interest, they being 

 typical Lusitanian species, rjonci \JTr7ft 



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