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THE DISTRIBUTION OF BRITISH ANNELIDS. 



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

 Microscopical Society. 



(Continued from vol. xv. p. 374.) 



27. Middlesex. — Numerous records will be found under 

 Chelsea and Kew which may be of service, but in those cases 

 we have to remember that foreign influences have been at work. 

 Reference may also be made to " Some Annelids of the Thames 

 Valley," contributed by me to the Linnean Society, 1912, for 

 notes on annelids other than Lumbricidce found in and around 

 Middlesex. In 1892 I contributed to ' Science Gossip ' an 

 article entitled " The Earthworms of Middlesex," in which all 

 that was then known on the subject was summarized. I find, 

 on reference to this article, the following species are recorded : — 

 (1) Lumbricus terrestris, L., from Miss Edwards, of Haydon 

 Hall, Eastcote, near Pinner, who wrote as follows : " Reading 

 this morning in ' Science Gossip ' that you want worms, I am 

 sending a few dug up in a copse, in our garden, and found under 

 logs or in the mud at the edge of a pond in the said copse." The 

 specimen was interesting, as it had papillae on segment 11, but 

 none on segment 15, where the male pores are found. On the 

 occasion of a visit to the " Zoo," I found one specimen of the 

 same worm in Regent's Park, but the Common Earthworm 

 appears to be rare in Middlesex. (2) L. rubescens, Friend (== L. 

 festivus, Duges) was taken at Hornsey, but this again appears to 

 be rare. (3) L. rabellus, Hoffm., seems to be more common, 

 and was recorded as occurring at Hornsey and Pinner ; while 

 the same localities also yielded (4) L. castaneus, Sav. Passing to 

 the genus Allolobophora, I find (5) E.foetida, Sav., or the Brand- 

 ling recorded by Dr. Gray for Hammersmith. Mr. Chaloner 

 dug up specimens for me in his garden at Hornsey, and Miss 

 Edwards sent a capital series from Eastcote. It was accom- 



