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and (4) L. terrestris. The following species of Allolobophora and 

 allies are also well authenticated : (5) A. longa, Ude, (6) A. 

 chlorotica, Sav., (7) A. caliginosa, (8) Eiseniafoetida, Sav., and 

 (9) E. rosea, Sav., (10) Dendrobcena mammalis, (11) D. subrubi- 

 cunda, and (12) D. arborea ; also (13) Bimastus eiseni, and (14) 

 B. constrictus, with (15) Allurus tetrcedrus, and (16) Helodrilus 

 ocidatus, Hoffm. On Feb. 6th, 1905, Mr. Evans sent me a 

 remarkable variety of A. longa, with abnormally long tail, seg- 

 ments numbering 240, and of a warm brick-red colour instead of 

 dull sienna. For farther details reference may be made to the 

 excellent paper by Mr. Evans, to which allusion has already 

 been made. 



7. Fifeshire. — Our knowledge of the annelids of Fife is 

 entirely due to Mr. Evans, who has sent me his gleanings from 

 time to time for identification and record. They were chiefly 

 made in March, 1910, and include one record (Allurus hercynius) 

 which is unique. " I was in Fife to-day," writes Mr. Evans on 

 March 19th, "and, seeing ploughs at work in a field near 

 Thornton, I went in and followed them for fully an hour. Worms 

 were plentiful, the most common, perhaps, being (1) Octolasium 

 cyaneum, which I was delighted to see. Under stones in an old 

 pasture some other species were found, and a Dendrobcena under 

 bark of a rotten stump. ... I enclose the bulk of the collection 

 for your examination." The species I found were (2) L. terres- 

 tris, (3) L. rubellus, and (4) L. castaneus, (5) Dendrobcena mam- 

 malis, (6) Bimastus constrictus, (7) A. caliginosa, (8) E. rosea, 

 and (9) Allurus hercynius, new to Britain, with its common rela- 

 tive (10) A. tctr<edrus, and (11) A. chlorotica. Mr. Evans adds 

 (12) D. arborea, and (13) D. subrubicunda. 



8. Haddington. — April 19th, 1910. Mr. Evans sent me 

 gleanings from Athelstoneford and Tyne, containing eight species, 

 as follows : — (1) L. terrestris, (2) L. rubellus, (3) L. castaneus, (4) 

 A. longa, (5) A. turgida, (6) A. chlorotica, (7) Eisenia rosea, and 

 (8) Allurus tetrcedrus. These are, as will be seen, the most 

 widely distributed of British Earthworms, and are always among 

 the first to be collected. Although Claparede many years ago 

 did good work among the smaller annelids of the Hebrides, I 

 have no records of earthworms therefrom. 



9. Inverness. — The Rev. Mr. Macpherson, M.A., sent 



me 



