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road-scrapings ; Pentlands above Hillend, and Wester Howgate, under stones on 

 hill-pasture, March 1905; near summit of East Cairnhill, Pentlands, one under 

 stone, Sept. 1905; banks of Water of Leith above Balerno, March 1909; Aber- 

 lady, in garden, April 1907; Athelstaneford, April 1910; near Bo'ness, and in 

 old quarry at Falkirk, common, March 1910; Otterston, Fife, under stones, 

 March, and Lochgelly, common under cow-dung in old pasture, April 1905 ; 

 Thornton, in field, March 1910; Aberfoyle, May 1902; Balquhidder, under stone 

 at fully 1500 ft. on hillside, April. 



Lumbricus castaneus (Saw). 



Lumbricus pwrpurcus, Eisen, and others. 

 L. minor, Johnston ? 



Common in old pastures, etc. This is a distinctly smaller species than 

 the last, though closely related to it. 



Localities from which it has been identified are: — 



Banks of the Almond (Midlothian side) at Cramond, Feb. 1905; banks of 

 Water of Leith above Currie, April 1908; Gullane Links, East Lothian, under 

 stone, Jan.; Athelstaneford, April ; and near Gifford, in road-scrapings, April, 

 1905 ; Carriden, near Bo'ness, under stones on edge of wood, and near Falkirk, in 

 old quarry, March 1910 ; Dunblane, in roadside earth, April 1905; Lochgelly and 

 Thornton, under stones and cow-dung in old pastures, April 1905 ; field between 

 Thornton and Wemyss, March 1910; Isle of May, several under stones, etc., 

 Sept. 1905 and 1909. 



Lumbricus terrestris, L., Mull. 



Lumbricus herauleus (Savigny). 



Although not more common, if indeed it be not less so. than L. rubellus 

 and some others, this is the species which is associated in our minds with 

 the term " common Earthworm." In the Forth area it is undoubtedly 

 common and widespread, affecting chiefly cultivated lands. It attains a 

 length of six inches or even more. 



Mature examples have been examined from the undernoted localities: — 



Garden at Morningside, fields at Fairmilehead, Oraiglockhart, and Temple, 

 Feb.; Pentlands above Hillend, under stones, March; near Gifford, April, 1905; 

 Dunbar, March ; Aberlady, April, 1907 ; Athelstaneford, one with spermato- 

 phores, April 1910 ; near Bo'ness, March ; near Falkirk, one with spermatophores, 

 March, 1910; field near Limekilns, Fife, Feb. ; old pasture, Lochgelly, and south 

 side of Loch Leven, April, 19u5; field near Thornton, March 1910; Isle of May, 

 June 1909. 



Lumbricus festivus (Sav.). 



Lumbricus rubescens, Friend, in Jour. Linn. Soc, Zoo]., xxiv., p. 305, 1892. 



One found under a stone on the Isle of May, 16th September 1909, is 

 the only example of this form I have so far met with. It was identified for 

 me by Mr Friend. The species has already been recorded from, Scotland 

 (Paisley) by Friend (I.e., p. 309) ; and there is a somewhat doubtful Berwick 

 record by Johnston (" Catalogue of Non-parasitic Worms," 1865, p. 59). 



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