﻿The Myriaioods of tlie Forth Area. 



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VII. The Myriapods {Centipedes and. Millipedes) of the Forth 

 Area. By WiLLii3i Evaxs, F.E.S.E. 



(Continued from A'ol. XTI. p. 4U.) 



Class SYM PHYLA. 

 Family SOOLOPENDRELLIDiE. 

 ScolopendreUa immaculata, Xewp. 



Scutigerella immaculata (Xewp.).^ 



This deeply interesting little animal is widely distributed 

 and fairly common in our area. I frequently come across an 

 example or two under stones, pieces of wood, etc., which have 

 lain for some length of time on slightly damp ground. Occa- 

 sionally it has occurred in an ants' nest under a stone. First 

 recorded from Scotland by me in 1900 (12a), and from 

 Ireland by Carpenter (10). England, Germany, Xorway, etc. 



Local data. — Dreghorn and Hillend (foot of Pentland Hills), March 

 iCarpenter ; Bush, near Roslin,Oct. ; Arthur'sSeat,inants"nest,andnearBalerno 

 (half dozen), April 1901, IP.; AUermuir Glen, Pentlands, one, March 1902; 

 near KirkneTrton, March and April 1905, and a dozen, 31st March 1906 ; 

 Bonnytoun Hills, between Linlithgow and Bo'ness, several, Aug. 1901; 

 Dollar, two, April 1897 ; Kelty Glen, Callander, a few, April 1900 ; Pettycur, 

 April 1899; Culross, two, April 1901; West Wemyss, Fife, a few, in ants' 

 nests under stones, April 1906. Have also found it in the Tay area, at 

 Muthill, Sept. 1901. 



Class DIPLOPODA (Millipedes). 

 Family POLYXENIDiE. 



Polyxenus lagurus (Linn.). 



Apparently very local in the district, but fairly plentiful 

 where present. I had often looked for this curious little 

 creature (length only about 3 mm.) without success in the 

 usual habitats, namely, on old fences, and under bark on 

 dead trees, and in the end found it quite accidentally when 

 searching for beetles at the roots of Plantago maritima on the 



^ Ryder's genus Scutigerella, 1882, was not regarded by Latzel (Die Myrio- 

 poden, etc., ii. p. 11) as of more than subgeneric value; but cf. Hansen, 

 Quart. Jour. Micros. Sci., xlvii. 1903. 



