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counties to the extreme north, stretching east to Norfolk and 
west to Somersetshire. In Wales it is found both in the northern 
and southern divisions. The only Scottish county in which there is 
certain information of its occurrence is Forfarshire ; and the recorded 
habitats in Ireland are few, though embracing all the provinces of 
that kingdom. It ranges from the coast level to an elevation 
of about 600 feet or upwards. The records of its distribution are 
the following :— 
Peninsula.—Devonshire. Somersetshire : Turf Moor, near Bridge- 
water, very abundant, T. Clark; Burtle Moor, R. Withers. 
Channel.—Hampshire : Portsea; Winchester. Isle of Wight: 
West Medina; Wilderness; Freshwater Gate; Cridmore, etc. 
Sussex: Tunbridge Wells; Albourne; Amberley, W. Borrer; 
Waterdown Forest, W. Pamplin ; Ore, near Hastings. 
Thames.—Kent: North Cray; Bexley, R. Sim; Ham Ponds, 
near Sandwich. Surrey: Leith Hill; Hurtmore, near Godalming ; 
Wimbledon Common; Pirbright. Berkshire: Windsor Park and: 
Sunninghill Wells, J. Bevis. Essex: Epping; Little Baddow. 
Ouse.—Suffolk: Belton; Bungay; Lound; Hipton; Bradwell 
Common. Norfolk: Horning Marshes; St. Faith’s, Newton ; Upton 
Fen; Filby Broad; Holt Lows, Rev. W. H. Girdlestone ; Edgefield ; 
Scaring Fen; Felthorpe Fen; Wroxham; Dereham; Ormsby 
Broad; near Yarmouth ; Loddon, Rev. J. J. Smith; about Norwich, 
Rev. W. S. Hore. Cambridgeshire: Wicken Fen, Rev. W. H. 
Girdlestone; Whittlesea Fen; Teversham Moors; Gamlingay ; 
Fulbourne. Bedfordshire: Potton Marshes. Huntingdonshire. 
Severn.— Warwickshire : Bog near Allesley, Rev. W. T. Bree, 
W. G. Perry. Herefordshire. Staffordshire. Shropshire: Whit- 
church, R..W. Rawson; Berrington Pool, T. Westcombe. 
Trent.—Nottinghamshire : Oxton Bog; Bulwell Bog. ? Leices- 
tershire. 
Mersey.—Cheshire; Knutsford Moor; Newchurch Bog, near 
Over, W. Wilson; Rostherne Moor; Wybunbury Bog; Harnicroft 
Wood, near Wernith. 
-Humber.—Yorkshire : Pottery Car, Doncaster; Askham Bog ; 

