462 NOTES ON SOME PAUROPODA FROM THE 



Notes on some Pauj'opoda from the Counties of Northumber- 

 land and Durham 



By Richard S. Bagnall, F.E.S. 



The order Pauropoda is composed of numerous minute 

 animals belonging to three families, the Pauropodidm, Brachy- 

 pauropodidce and Eurypauropodidce ; and though, as yet, species 

 belonging to the Panropodidce alone are known as British, 

 representatives of the other two families will probably be 

 found in our Islands. 



The order possesses particular interest to us inasmuch as 

 the type species of the order (Fauropus Huxleyi Lubbock, 

 and Stylopauropus (Pauropus) pedunculatus Lubbock) were 

 first discovered by an eminent British naturalist, Lord 

 Avebury, in the neighbourhood of London in 1866, and 

 described in his classical memoir " On Pauropus, a new type 

 of Centipede." 



Since then several authors have devoted some attention to 

 the members of this difficult order, chiefly Latzel in his re- 

 nowned work " Die Myriopoden der Oesterreich-Ungarischen 

 Monarchie" in 1880-84, and more recently Hansen who, in 

 1902, monographed the order in his usual most comprehensive 

 and masterly manner.* This latter work is beautifully illus- 

 trated and invaluable to anyone studying the Pauropoda, but 

 is unfortunately rare and difficult to obtain. It would seem 

 that the order Pauropoda is in reality comparatively rich in 

 species, and that the members are most probably of almost 

 world-wide distribution. Dr. Hansen considering that they 

 will be found in all countries excepting only in the Arctic and 

 sub-Arctic regions. 



So far as I can gather, no species have been recorded from 

 Great Britain since the publication of Lord Avebury's memoir, 

 nor have further British records of his species been made, 



* On the Genera and Species of the Order Pauropoda (Vidensk. Medd. fra den 

 naturh. Poren. i Kjiibenhavn, 1901, pp. 323-424, pis. i.-vi., Copenhagen). 



