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Haddingtonshire coast. Gibson-Carmicbael (7) has recorded 

 it from Peeblesshire. J^ew Forest (Pocock, 14) and elsewhere 

 in south of England. In Ireland it has been found in Phoenix 

 Park (9) and Lambay Island, Dublin, where Prof. Carpenter 

 tells me it is common. Knowing only the Plioenix Park 

 record, and that imperfectly, Sinclair (15) formed the erro- 

 neous opinion that this species occurs in tlie British Islands 

 merely as a foreign importation. It occurs in Norway, etc. 



Local data. — Sea-braes east of North Berwick. Haddingtonshire, plentiful 

 about roots of Plantago inaritima, 27th May 1905 (specimen shown to 

 Carpenter for authentication). 



Family GLOMERIDJE. 

 Glomeris marginata (Villers). 



Julus oniscoides, Stewart's List of Edinburgh Insects (1). 



Glomeris limhata, Latr., Gibson-Carniichaers List (7), and Boyd's (13). 



The pill-millipede, to use the recognised English name for 

 this pretty species, though probably widely distributed in 

 the district, is by no means common. By the uninitiated it 

 is apt to be confounded with the Armadillo " sclater " or 

 woodlouse. As long ago as Stewart's time it was known in 

 the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, where it still occurs spar- 

 ingly, under stones on dry banks, in a few localities. Judging 

 by my own experience, I should say it is commoner in the 

 west of Scotland than in the east. Johnston (5) considered 

 it common, however, in Berwickshire in his day. Eecorded 

 as fairly common in south of England, Wales, and Ireland. 

 Known also from Norway, Denmark, and other parts of the 

 Continent. 



Local data. — Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, a few, March 1889 ; Blackford 

 Hill, sparingly under stones, May 1900, and other occasions, !P.; Eavelrig 

 near Balerno, one, Oct. 1896; near Bo'ness, May 1901 (from R. Godfrey); 

 foot of Glencorse Reservoir, Pentlands, one, Sept. 1901. 



Family POLYDESMIDiE. 



Polydesmus complanatus (Linn.). 

 Generally distributed and common in the wooded and 

 cultivated parts of the area, but, like most other Diplopods, it 



