REV. H. FRIEND ON SOME NORFOLK ANNELIDS. 
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It is such correspondents as Mr. Mayfield that make the 
work of a referee in natural history a joy. Almost every 
consignment brought a new species, or some interesting 
observation, and in the present instance I found in addition 
to Nos. 3, 5, 6 : — 
9. Lumbricus rubellus , Hoffmeister 
as well as a variety of A. chlorotica , which probably corres- 
ponds with A. anatomicus, Duges. There was also an 
immature specimen of another species, which I should be 
disposed to refer to Bimastus eiseni, Levinsen, for which see 
later. 
On July 25th Mr. Mayfield sent some more specimens, 
which, however, added nothing new. He remarked in a 
postscript — “ I shall make a special effort to hunt up some 
Dendrobeence next week.” The effort was successful, and in 
August I had the pleasure of recording, for the first time, the 
occurrence of a tree worm in Norfolk. A letter dated 88, 
Stafford Street, Norwich, August 15th, 1892, contains these 
remarks : — 
“I herewith enclose a few more worms. In the bottom of 
the tin you will find A. fcetida from a manure heap at 
Norwich, and a couple of mature A. profuga (= O. lacteum , 
Oerley, No. 8) I believe. The larger one is from Karlham, 
and the other from Costessey Wood. In the other box are a 
few small worms from a tree stump at Costessey, and as far 
as I can make out they include two species — of Dendrobcetia 
perhaps.” The four species included, besides Nos. 2 and 8 — 
10. Eisenia fcetida, Savigny, the well-known Brand- 
ling, favoured by the angler for certain kinds 
of fish, and 
11. Dendrobcena arborea , Eisen, the true tree worm. 
Some worms arrived a few days later, taken from a fallen 
tree at Caistor. They were examples of No. 2 (Z. castaneus) 
and No. 11 ( D . arborea). The localities are given in the 
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