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near Colinton, March 1910. East Lothian: — Pressmennan Lake, in sandy mud 

 at water's edge, abundant, Sept. 1904; Luffuess Marsh, one under water-vole's 

 nest, Feb. 1905; side of Tyne above East Linton, April. Fife and Kinross: — 

 Loch Gelly, May 1895 and Oct. 1905; Loch Leven, south shore, April 1905. 

 Stirlingshire: — In ditch south of Falkirk, March 1910. So. Perthshire: — ditch 

 at Balquhidder, and also by rill on hillside, at over 1000 ft., April; Lake of 

 Menteith, June. 



Eiseniella tetraedra hercynia (Miehlsn.). 



An example of this subspecies (perhaps it is only a variety) has been 

 detected by Mr Friend among some worms I collected in the neighbourhood 

 of Thornton, Fife, on 19th inst. (March 1910). It is, Mr Friend writes me, 

 "in splendid form and unmistakable." In E. t. hercynia the male pore is 

 on the 15th segment, and not on the 13th as in E. t. typica. It does not 

 appear to have been previously noticed in the British Isles. 



Eisenia fcetida (Sav.). 



Allolobophora foctida, Beddard's table in "Cambridge Nat. Hist.," vol. ii. p. 391. 



The Brandling or Bramble-worm, as this very distinct species is called, 

 is common about gardens, in dunghills, leaf-mould, etc.; and occasionally 

 occurs away from houses — in a rotten tree, for instance. 



I have noted it in the following localities : — 



Penicuik; garden at Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, common, May 1902; garden at 

 Morningside, Sept. 1904; banks of the Almond at Cramond Bridge, Dec. 1904; 

 Polton woods, under bark of rotten tree-stump, several, March 1905 ; Tyninghame, 

 East Lothian, May 1910; Dunipace, Stirlingshire, in garden, March 1910 

 (from J. M'Naughton). 



Eisenia alpina (Rosa). 



Mr Friend reports a solitary example of this species among a number 

 of worms I collected at Balquhidder, south-west Perthshire, on 2nd April 

 1910. It is an addition to the British list. 



Eisenia rosea (Sav.). 



Allolobophora rosea, Rosa, and others. 

 A. mucosa, Eisen ; Friend. 



Widely, but somewhat sparsely distributed, preferring, according to my 

 experience, decidedly wet soil. It well deserves the name of rosea. Has 

 been identified from the undernoted localities : — 



Ditch near Balerno, one, March 1905 ; in road-scrapings, near Dunblane, a 

 well-marked specimen, April 1905 ; under stone by side of Water of Leith 

 above Ravelrig, March 1909; side of Tyne above East Linton, April 1910; 

 Carriden, near Bo'ness, March 1910; old quarry near Falkirk, common, March 

 1910; near Thornton, Fife, several, March 1910; Balquhidder, both low down, 

 and at 1000-1500 feet on hillside, April. 



