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rosea (= A. mucosa of early records), and (8) A. turgida. The 

 same autumn (November 23rd, 1896) I collected at King's Heath, 

 finding all the foregoing, and adding (9) D. subrubicunda. Mr. 

 T. Humphreys sent me on September 20th, 1909, some worms 

 from Edgbaston, but they were all of the common types. I 

 found No. 9 in Dr. Gamble's garden at Edgbaston in May, 1911. 

 It will be seen that the list is a very poor one, and it is very 

 difficult to interest collectors in the subject. 



41. Westmoreland. — In the ' Naturalist ' for January, 1891, 

 p. 13, is an article on the Earthworms of the North of England, 

 in which my first Westmoreland records are given. These 

 include (1) Eisenia fcetida from Kendal, with (2) E. rosea (= A. 

 mucosa), and (3) A. trapezoides. From the same locality I 

 obtained the first specimen of Periclueta I ever saw. On 

 October 19th, 1892, I collected at Ambleside (4) L. terrestris, 

 (5) L. rubellus, and (6) L. castaneus ; also (7) Allurus tetrcedrus, 

 the Brandling and Trapeze- worm, with (8) A. longa, (9) A. tur- 

 gida, (10) A. chlorotica, (11) D. subrubicunda, and (12) Octolasium 

 profugum. On March 5th, 1912, Prof. Gamble wrote from 

 Birmingham University to say he had collected near Arnside 

 L. terrestris, A. chlorotica, D. subrubicunda, and (13) Octolasium 

 cyaneum. 



42. Wiltshire.— On March 24th, 1892, Mr. J. Winkworth 

 sent me a large consignment of worms from this county, 

 numbering some hundreds. There were six species, viz.: (1) L. 

 terrestris, very fine typical forms, (2) L. rubellus, (3) L. castaneus, 

 (4) A. longa, one with double tail (for which see ' Science 

 Gossip,' May, 1892), (5) A. turgida, and (6) A. chlorotica. 

 Nothing else appears to be known on the subject. 



43. Worcestershire. — The Earthworms of this county have 

 been treated by me in the ' Transactions ' of the Nat. Hist. Soc, 

 vol. v. pt. 1, 1911-12, published July, 1912, as well as in the 

 'Naturalist,' December, 1909, and April, 1910. I need not 

 repeat what is there written, but give the names of the species 

 as at present known. All four species of Lumbricus occur : 

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

 castaneus. Also the square tail (5) Allurus tetrcedrus. Among 

 the Allolobophoras we find (6) A. longa, (7) A. trapezoides, 

 (8) A. turgida, (9) A. chlorotica, (10) Eisenia foetida, (11) E. rosea, 



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