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parried by (6) Dendrob&na subrubicunda, Eisen, plentiful in both 

 localities in garden refuse and vegetable mould. The Green- 

 worm (7) A. chlorotica, Sav., is noted, though specimens had 

 not been seen by myself ; and (8) A. turgida, Eisen, was reported 

 as received from Miss Edwards. The long worm (9) A. longa, 

 Ude, was found in Eegent's Park and Hornsey, and this is the 

 worm which usually passes muster as the Common Earthworm. 

 Beference is also made to another species (doubtfully named 

 A. complanata, Duges), but so far I have failed to obtain further 

 light as to the species. Nor has time brought us any nearer a 

 solution of the question what Oerley means by A. rubida, which 

 he reported for Woolwich. So many changes have been made 

 in nomenclature in the course of time that it is sometimes a 

 little difficult to be certain about the earlier records. Chrono- 

 logically they stand as follows : — 1865, ' A Catalogue of British 

 Worms,' by Dr. Johnston, in which L. terrestris, L. minor, L. 

 anatomicus, and L. fostidus are credited to Dr. Gray, with Ham- 

 mersmith as the locality. 1885, Oerley, ' A Palse. ovben elo 

 terri. rev.,' reports O. complanata, Oerley, and 0. rubidum, 

 Oerley ; but the species remain in doubt. 1892, Mr. Chaloner, 

 of Hornsey, collected for me, on March 28th, Eisenia fcetida, A. 

 longa, A. turgida, D. subrubicunda, L. castaneus, L. rubellus, and 

 L. festivus (= L. rubescens). Miss Edwards sent me shortly 

 after E.fa'tida, A. turgida, D. subrubicunda, L. castaneus, L. 

 rubellus, and L. terrestris from Eastcote. Dr. Woodward wrote 

 me on April 11th, 1892, respecting an earthworm described by 

 him, which he believes, on the authority of Beddard, to be A. 

 longa, a worm which is frequent in Eegent's Park and elsewhere. 

 There seems to have been nothing done on this important 

 subject during the past twenty years, and the list still stands 

 very low. Total authentic species, 9. 



28. Norfolk. — The records for this county have recently 

 been carefully tabulated for the ' Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Nat. 

 Soc.,' and the history may be read in vol. is. pp. 391-405. Aided 

 by Mr. Bobert Gurney, at whose laboratory I worked in the sum- 

 mer of 1911, and Mr. Mayfield, I have been able to record fifteen 

 species of Lumbricidce, besides many species of Enchytrceidce and 

 Tubificidce. They stand in the following order in my report : — 

 (1) L. terrestris, (2) L. castaneus, (3) A. chlorotica, (4) Allurus 



