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was taken, and somewhat later (11) D. arborea occurred near 

 Walsall. 



37. Suffolk. — In spite of the fact that I resided in this 

 county for some time, only five earthworms are on record. Yet 

 the county must be full of interesting things, if one only had 

 time to collect them, as is shown by the fact that wellworms 

 occur here which have not hitherto been found elsewhere. Mr. 

 Mayfield, my Norfolk correspondent, sent me, on February 14th, 

 1893 (1) L. terrestris, (2) A. longa, (3) A. turgida, and (4) 0. pro- 

 fugum. The latter I often found in my garden at Mildenhall. I 

 also noted other species, but omitted to record them all, except 

 (5) D. arborea, in old tree-stumps near the Workhouse on the 

 Thetford Koad. 



38. Surrey. — The worms of Surrey seem, in some extra- 

 ordinary way, to have been quite neglected. The Kent records 

 may be consulted, as some of my own gleanings were made on 

 the borders of the two counties. In August, 1909, I stayed for 

 a fortnight at Addiscombe, and also visited several places around. 

 As a result, it was possible to record four species of Lumbricus, 

 viz. (1) L. terrestris, (2) L. rubellus, (3) L. festivus, and (4) 

 L. castaneus ; with several species of Allolobophora, as the old 

 genus was called before being split up. Noteworthy are (5) A, 

 longa, (6) A. trapezoides, (7) A. chloi-otica, (8) Eisenia foetida, 

 (9) E. rosea, and (10) D. subrubicunda. Around Dorking (11) 

 Allurus tetrcedrus was plentiful, together with several of the fore- 

 going. I find a query against one species (D. constricta), but on 

 March 25th, 1911, Mr. F. M. Eoberts, of Addiscombe, sent me 

 the Brandling and Purple-worm, together with mature specimens 

 of (12) D. mammalis. 



39. Sussex. — This county has received a considerable share 

 of attention on the occasion of my frequent visits to Hastings 

 and other parts. Early numbers of ' Science Gossip,' ' Field 

 Club,' and other journals contain reports, and from these I 

 make the following list : — In the early days of November, 1890, 

 my first, and in March, 1892, my second exploration took place 

 (' Science Gossip, 1892, pp. 122, seq.). On leaving the train, on 

 this latter occasion at Eobertsbridge, for a walk to Dallington, I 

 found (1) Allurus tetrcedrus, then (2) L. rubellus, (3) L. castaneus 

 (= purpureus of earlier records), and (4) A. chlorotica. At Dal- 



