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district. Some of his Forth captures, however, were recorded 

 by Mr Soar a few years ago/ Among mine there are a 

 number of additions to the Scottish list.^ 



Of the marine Mites (Halacaridae) I have as yet obtained 

 but two, namely, Bhoinhognathus seahami (Hodge), from North 

 Berwick and Dunbar, and a Halacarus from the latter place. 

 Three or four species of Ixodidse (Ticks) have been identified,^ 

 and a fair number of Trombidiidse, Gamasidae, Eriophyidee, etc. 



In all 430 Arachnids are known to me from 'Torth," 

 and I should say a list of 550 is not too much to look 

 forward to. 



LmGUATULIDA (Pentastomida). 



A specimen of Lingiiatula (Pentastoma) tcenioides, Eud., 

 from the nostril of a dog in Edinburgh, 1907, has been shown 

 to me by Dr J. H. Ashworth. 



TAEDIGEADA. 



This perplexing group of microscopic animals, to which 

 the fanciful name of Water-bears has long been applied, 

 has, until quite recently, received little attention in this 

 country .4 Three or four years ago Mr James Murray took 



^ Trans. Edin. Field Nat. Soc, 1903, v. p. 40. Williamson's list, and a 

 later one, are in same vol., pp. 239 and 393. 



2 My Forth list includes tlie following species : — Eulais infundibulifera^ 

 Koen., var. stagnalis, Halb. ; E hamata, Koen. ; Hydrachna globosa{DeG.); 

 Diplodontus despiciens (Miill. ) ; Panisus michaeli, Koen. ; Hydryphantes 

 frici, Thon ; H. plicationis, Thon ; Arrhenurus glohator, Miill.; A. 

 forpicatus, Nenm.; A. ornatus, George; Aturus scaber, Kram. ; Midea. 

 orhiculata (Miill.); Torrenticola anomala (Koch); Mideopsis orbicularis 

 (Miill.); M. crassipes, Soar; BracTiypoda ^"em'co?o?' (Miill. ) ; Lebertia porosa, 

 Thor. ; Frontipoda musculus (Miill.); Teutonia primaria, Koen.; Sperchon 

 brevirostris, Koen. : aS'. glandulosus, Koen. ; S. denticulatus, Koen. ; S. squani- 

 osus, Kram.; Limnesia undulata (Miill.); Atractides spinipes, Koch; 

 Hygrobates trigonicus, Koen.; H. reticulatus (Kram.); Hydrochoreutes un- 

 gulatus (Koch); Laminipes ornatus (Koch); Tiphys ca.ssidiformis (Haller); 

 T. liliaceus (Miill.); Fiona longipialins (Krend.); P. rotunda (Kram.); P. 

 rotundoides, Thor.; P. discrepans (Koen.); etc. I ought to say that Messrs 

 Halbert and Soar have kindly helped me with the identifications. 



3 Evans, W., "Some Scottish Ixodidas (Ticks)," Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 

 1907, pp. 34-37. A few other Acarina have been recorded by me in the 

 Annals. 



^ Under the name of "Urslet," a Tardigrade was recorded from Scotland 

 (no locality given) nearly a hundred years ago, Edin. Encycl., ii. (1811 ), p. 143. 



