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THE TRICHONISCIDAE (WOODLICE) OF THE 
SCARBOROUGH COAST. 
RICHARD S. BAGNALL, F.R.S.E., F.L.S. 
When, on March 20th, 1912, I spent a brief hour or two 
collecting woodlice, etc., on the cliffs at Whitby, I was 
struck by the number of Trickoniscidae met with, my captures 
including both species of Haplophihalmus and two species of 
Trichoniscoid.es , T. sarsi being recorded from Whitby examples, 
for the first time as British. 
Since my paper on T. sarsi, Mr. Rhodes has published a 
list [The, Naturalist, 1916, p. 99-102 and 121-123) of Yorkshire 
Woodlice. I spent two or three days in the Scarborough 
neighbourhood during February of last year, when I made 
further records of these rarer forms. I did not meet with 
T. roseus, though it is recorded from Scarborough, and I am 
quite sure that it will be met with on the cliffs ; on the 
Northumberland coast I have met this species commonly in 
large colonies in such situations. T. pusillus is ubiquitous. 
Trichoniscus pusillus var. violaceus Schobl. At the base of the cliffs 
north of Scarborough, February 21st, 1921. 
T. pygmaeus G. O. Sars. Whitby, March 20th, 1912 ; not uncommon. 
Scarborough, February 21st, and Filey, February 22nd, 1921. I 
believe this species is common and widely distributed throughout 
the country. 
Trichoniscoides sarsi Patience. Whitby, March 20th, 1912 ; Scarborough, 
February 21st ; Cayton Bay, south of Scarborough and Filey, 
February 22nd. 1921. Mr. Rhodes did not add to my Whitby 
record, but I have since proved the species to be widely distributed, 
having found it, sometimes in colonies, in Northumberland, 
Durham, Westmorland, Lancashire, and on the South Coast at 
Torquay (Devon) and Bexhill (Sussex). It is a more fragile 
species than albidus, and of a distinctive golden -pink colour. 
Trichoniscoides albidus B.-L. Whitby, March 20th, 1912 (also recorded 
by Dr. Brady from the Sheffield district). Two examples with 
sarsi, Cayton Bay, south of Scarborough, February 22nd, 1921. 
Haplophihalmus mengii Zadd. Whitby, March 20th, 1912. Mr. Rhodes 
gives two further records. Scarborough, February 21st, 1921. 
H aplcphthalmus dancius B.-L. Whitby, March 20th, 1912. Previously 
known from Naburn Hall (T. R. R. Stebbing), and later recorded 
by Rhodes from Bradford. Filey, February 22nd, 1921. 
In the Northumberland and Durham district, as well as in 
Furness and the Lake District, this species appears to be much 
scarcer than mengii, but further south it becomes the commoner 
species, sometimes occurring in large numbers. 
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Naturalist 
