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bility, Mr EUingsen tells me, of mistaking this species for 

 B. venustus, Mein. { = B. imlchellus, Koch) ; but specimens of 

 the latter which I have received from Mr Hirst, from the 

 south of England, bear a very much greater superficial 

 resemblance to the next species. 



Local data. — Mortonhall and woods about Roslin, common under bark on 

 dead firs, March 1900 and other years, ! P. ; Woods near Balerno, common, 

 April 1901, etc.; Boghall Wood, Pentlands, many ? 9 , under bark on dead 

 ash and elm, March 1902 and March 1906; Leadburn, ?, under peat, and 

 Kirknewton, several under bark on dead fir, March 1905; Abercorn Glen, 

 a few, May 1901; Carribber Glen, March 1902; and Dalmeny, April 1905; 

 Gilford, several under bark on fir stumps, Oct. 1901, and common, April 

 1906; Otterston, four ? ? off old hedge, March 1905, ! E. ; Tulliallan, a 

 few, April, and Abbey Craig, Oct. 1901; Callander, Sept. 



Blaniulus guttulatus (Bosc). 



lulus pulchellus, Leach {nec Koch). 



Abundant and generally distributed, though best known 

 in cultivated districts, where, under the name of " wire- 

 worm," it is a well-known pest, attacking the roots of 

 vegetables and other plants. It is also partial to straw- 

 berries. Of wide range in the British Isles and on the 

 Continent. A very slender, almost white species, with a row 

 of yellow spots along each side. Was recorded long ago 

 from near Edinburgh by Leach (3). 



Local data. — Gardens, Morningside, Dec. (1898), July, etc.; Swanston, 

 Roslin, etc., under stones on edges of fields, March 1900, ! P. ; King's Park, 

 Edinburgh, April, ! E. ; Mortonhall, Oct.; Bilston Glen, among dead leaves, 

 April 1902; Nurseries, Corstorphine, common, May 1905 ; Ormiston, E. L., 

 June 1900, !P. ; near Gifll'ord, common in earth at roadside, April 1905 ; 

 Dunbar, common in garden, March ; Binny Craig, near Uphall, Sept. 

 1896 ; Abercorn Glen, May, and near Linlithgow, Aug. 1901 ; Craigie Hill 

 Wood, conjmon under stones, April, and Dalmeny, abundant in roots of 

 cabbage, July 1906 ; Culross, April 1901 ; Dysart, and near Bridge of Allan, 

 April 1906; etc. 



lulus pusillus, Leach. 



Widespread and not uncommon, at any rate in the 

 lowland portions of the area. A small species, with pale 

 dorsal bands and no caudal spike. Was recorded from near 



