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until 1908;* whilst A. bideiiticnlata had been discovered in 

 Ireland shortly before by Prof. Carpenter, and is recorded in 

 the Irish Naturalist for September, 1908. Of the other four 

 species F. qtiadrioculata has since been taken by Mr. Evans 

 in Scotland, whilst Orchesella rnfescens, Anurida ttillbergi, and 

 Botirletiella cincta rest as British upon the records here given 

 in detail. 



Since then I have found three other species new to the British 

 fauna, Sminthurinus ccecus (forma principalis), S. hiflavo- 

 punctatus CoUinge and Shoebotham, and Spyrotheca lubbocki 

 (TuUb.). A variety of the first was known to us, but not the 

 type form ; the second was only figured and described this 

 year in the Journal of Economic Biology. I had taken the 

 species in 1907 at Glasgow; have since found it in Belgium 

 and Norway, and believe that it is not uncommon, but has 

 been confused with S. igniceps, to which species my specimens 

 had been referred, though I felt dubious as to their identity 

 with igniceps. The record of the third species, S. lubbocki, 

 rests upon a single specimen. 



I must add that most of my material has been kindly 

 worked out by Prof. G. H. Carpenter, who has not only con- 

 firmed the identification of those I attempted to determine, 

 but has identified those that were beyond me, and has helped 

 me considerably by his kindly encouragement and advice. 

 To my friend Prof. Carpenter, therefore, I am under a deep 

 obligation, and can only find pleasure in having this oppor- 

 tunity of expressing my sincere gratitude.' A good deal of 

 interesting material has been retained by Prof. Carpenter for 

 future study, apparently including members of the genera 

 Schcettella and Fsettdachorules, of which no species have yet 

 been recorded from Great Britain, 



To Lord Avebury also, and to Prof. O. M. Reuter of 

 Helsingfors, Dr. H. Schott of Upsala, Dr. C. Schaffer of 

 Hamburg, Prof. Willem of Ghent, Dr. Walter M. (Axelson) 

 Linnaniemi of Helsingfors, and Messrs. Wm. Evans and 



* Evans, in Proc. Royal Phys. Society of Edinburgh, xvii., no. 5, pp. 195-200, 1903, 



