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oculatus was discovered. In December of that year I bad to 

 visit Hastings, and was fortunate enougb to discover many 

 interesting tbings. The number was increased during a stay of 

 some days in Sussex in July, 1912, while a visit to Sedlescombe 

 in August, 1913, enabled me to make yet other discoveries. 

 Practically all of those which were new to science have already 

 been described in this or other journals ; but there are a few 

 species which are at present unknown in any other part of the 

 kingdom, to which attention must be drawn before a list of all 

 known species is drawn up. Hastings itself has proved to be 

 peculiarly rich in Enchytrseids and Tubificids ; but, owing to 

 the paucity of lakes, ponds, and streams, there seem to be 

 very few Naididce or allied forms, though these abound around 

 London. 



Of the Henleas which I described in this Journal (1913, 

 pp. 81-91) a considerable number have been found in Sussex, and 

 in several instances the descriptions were based upon material 

 collected at Hastings in December, 1911. My most successful 

 hunting-ground on that occasion was a bit of waste land between 

 the sea and the Bexhill road near the Bopeep Station. One or 

 two bridges are found here under which the streamlets flow into 

 the sea, and it was found that Enchytraeids delighted in the 

 moist, cool situations provided by the wall on the one side and the 

 earth, frequently enriched by decaying seaweed and other vege- 

 table matter, on the other. Here I found many specimens of 

 Henlea marina, H. curiosa, H. arenicola, H. heterot?'opa, and 

 others new to science. 



Alexandra Park also proved to be a very valuable hunting- 

 ground. The decaying leaf-mould usually harbours a number 

 of interesting Lumbricids, such forms as Dendrobcena subrubi- 

 cunda, D. arborea, Eisenia fcetida/ Lumbricus rubellus, and 

 L. castaneus being the most frequent. In a manure-heap I 

 found, in addition to many Brandlings and Enchytrceus albidus, 

 a form of Eisenia which is uncommon. Unfortunately the 

 material in this case was immature, and I have not hitherto 

 been able to obtain a fresh supply for its determination. The 

 matter is, however, worthy of mention, as showing that the 

 possibilities of further discoveries are not yet exhausted. 



The mud on the margin of the pool in the park proved to be 



