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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The British Woodlice - Being a Monograph of the Terrestrial Isopod Crustacea - Occurring in the British Islands - -Author: Wilfred Mark Webb - Charles Sillem - -Release Date: November 1, 2013 [EBook #43928] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BRITISH WOODLICE *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Quentin Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43928 ***</div> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 245px;"> <a href="images/i_cover.jpg"><img src="images/i_cover_tn.jpg" width="245" height="400" alt="" title="[Cover]" /></a> @@ -393,7 +350,7 @@ by The Internet Archive) accents, punctuation, and hyphenation are as in the original text. </p> - <p class="noin">The "æ" ligature is used interchangeably with "ae" throughout.</p> + <p class="noin">The "æ" ligature is used interchangeably with "ae" throughout.</p> <p class="noin">Some taxonomic names may have changed since 1906.</p> @@ -503,13 +460,13 @@ C.S.<br /> <tr><td align="left">Classification</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Scheme of classification and synopsis of generic characters</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">British Species</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> - <tr><td align="left">Section—Ligiæ</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> - <tr><td align="left">Family—Ligiidæ</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> + <tr><td align="left">Section—Ligiæ</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> + <tr><td align="left">Family—Ligiidæ</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Genus—Ligia Fabricius</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> - <tr><td align="left"><i>Ligia oceanica</i> Linzé</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> + <tr><td align="left"><i>Ligia oceanica</i> Linzé</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Genus—Ligidium Brandt</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Ligidium hypnorum</i> Cuvier</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr> - <tr><td align="left">Family—Trichoniscidæ</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> + <tr><td align="left">Family—Trichoniscidæ</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Genus—Trichoniscus Brandt</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Trichoniscus pusillus</i> Brandt</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Trichoniscus vividus</i> Koch</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td></tr> @@ -519,9 +476,9 @@ C.S.<br /> <tr><td align="left">Genus—Haplophthalmus Schobl</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Haplophthalmus mengii</i> Zaddach</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Haplophthalmus danicus</i> Budde-Lund</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> - <tr><td align="left">Family—Oniscidæ</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> - <tr><td align="left">Genus—Oniscus Linné</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> - <tr><td align="left"><i>Oniscus asellus</i> Linné</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> + <tr><td align="left">Family—Oniscidæ</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> + <tr><td align="left">Genus—Oniscus Linné</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> + <tr><td align="left"><i>Oniscus asellus</i> Linné</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Genus—Philoscia Latreille</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Philoscia muscorum</i> Scopoli</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Philoscia couchii</i> Kinahan</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr> @@ -549,7 +506,7 @@ C.S.<br /> <tr><td align="left"><i>Metoponorthus cingendus</i> Kinahan</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Genus—Cylisticus Schnitzler</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Cylisticus convexus</i> De Geer</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr> - <tr><td align="left">Family—Armadillidiidæ</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr> + <tr><td align="left">Family—Armadillidiidæ</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Genus—Armadillidium Brandt</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Armadillidium nasatum</i> Budde-Lund</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Armadillidium vulgare</i> Latreille</td><td align="center"><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr> @@ -702,7 +659,7 @@ and marine species, known as the Isopoda.</p> long one, for remains occur in the Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) of Herefordshire, and in the Coal Measures. (79)<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a>. A form<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span> -which has been named <i>Archæoniscus brodiei</i>, and is said to be +which has been named <i>Archæoniscus brodiei</i>, and is said to be referable to the recent family Aegidae which is found in some numbers in the Purbeck Beds (Upper Jurassic), of this country (47). Fossil Isopods have also been recorded from the Oolite and @@ -965,7 +922,7 @@ runs to the hinder end of the body and passes under the heart.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p> -<p><b>Circulatory system.</b>—The blood being aërated in the +<p><b>Circulatory system.</b>—The blood being aërated in the abdominal appendages, we find that the heart is situated towards the hinder end of the body (fig. 18). Three main arteries supply the @@ -1527,7 +1484,7 @@ should be collected straightway into tubes or bottles half filled with 30 per cent. methylated spirit.<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> Woodlice dropped into this weak spirit become gradually narcotised and die, and they remain limp enough for purposes of examination or to allow, of -their legs and antennæ being set out during the process of +their legs and antennæ being set out during the process of mounting. Specimens to be kept permanently should be placed in 70 per cent. alcohol. For storage purposes the specimens of each species from a given locality should be put together into a @@ -1556,20 +1513,20 @@ another strip of any colour that may be preferred.</p> <b>Classification.</b>—The various genera of woodlice are connected together so closely, by intermediate forms, that their division into families is, to a very great extent, arbitrary. Bate -and Westwood described but a single family Oniscidæ (I), -though they distinguished two sub-families:—Ligiinæ, which +and Westwood described but a single family Oniscidæ (I), +though they distinguished two sub-families:—Ligiinæ, which included the forms with many joints to the flagellum of the -antenna, and Oniscinæ, which contained the rest.</p> +antenna, and Oniscinæ, which contained the rest.</p> <p>Since then the pill-woodlice have been thought by some to be sufficiently different from the other genera to warrant their -separation, and three families namely, Ligiidæ, Oniscidæ, and -Armadillidæ have been recognized, as for instance by Dr. +separation, and three families namely, Ligiidæ, Oniscidæ, and +Armadillidæ have been recognized, as for instance by Dr. Scharff (63).</p> -<p>A fourth family—Trichoniscidæ—has been added by +<p>A fourth family—Trichoniscidæ—has been added by Professor G. O. Sars, who in his <i>Crustacea of Norway</i> (59) -alludes to the division of the tribe into the sections Ligiæ and +alludes to the division of the tribe into the sections Ligiæ and Onisci and has adopted the following classification:—</p> <p class="center noin"> @@ -1590,7 +1547,7 @@ Onisci and has adopted the following classification:—</p> <tr> <td align="right"><i>Family I.</i>—</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Ligiidae.</span></td> - <td align="right"><i>Family III.</i>—</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Oniscidæ.</span></td> + <td align="right"><i>Family III.</i>—</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Oniscidæ.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td><td align="left"><i>Ligia.</i></td> @@ -1633,8 +1590,8 @@ Onisci and has adopted the following classification:—</p> </colgroup> <tr> - <td align="right"><i>Family II.</i>—</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Trichoniscidæ.</span></td> - <td align="right"><i>Family IV.</i>—</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Armadillidiiæ.</span></td> + <td align="right"><i>Family II.</i>—</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Trichoniscidæ.</span></td> + <td align="right"><i>Family IV.</i>—</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Armadillidiiæ.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"></td><td align="left"><i>Trichoniscus.</i></td> @@ -1669,7 +1626,7 @@ any particular specimen may belong.</p> <br /> <i>Tribe</i>—ONISCOIDA.<br /> <br /> - <i>Section I.</i>—<b>LIGIÆ.</b><br /> + <i>Section I.</i>—<b>LIGIÆ.</b><br /> <br /> <i>The Two Divisions of the Tail Appendages alike in Shape.</i><br /> <br /> @@ -1718,7 +1675,7 @@ any particular specimen may belong.</p> <span style="margin-left: 3.5em;">covered</span> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom"> - <span class="smcap">Trichoniscidæ.</span> + <span class="smcap">Trichoniscidæ.</span> </td> </tr> @@ -1777,7 +1734,7 @@ any particular specimen may belong.</p> <span style="margin-left: 3.5em;">walking</span> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom"> - <span class="smcap">Oniscidæ.</span> + <span class="smcap">Oniscidæ.</span> </td> </tr> @@ -1850,7 +1807,7 @@ any particular specimen may belong.</p> <span style="margin-left: 3.5em;">walking</span> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom"> - <span class="smcap">Armadillidiidæ.</span> + <span class="smcap">Armadillidiidæ.</span> </td> </tr> @@ -1899,11 +1856,11 @@ species of woodlice and give their synonymy and distribution.</p> <br /> <i>Tribe—ONISCOIDA.</i><br /> <br /> - <i>Section</i>—<b>LIGIÆ.</b><br /> + <i>Section</i>—<b>LIGIÆ.</b><br /> <br /> THE TWO DIVISIONS OF THE TAIL APPENDAGES ALIKE IN SHAPE.<br /> <br /> - <i>Family</i>—LIGIIDÆ.<br /> + <i>Family</i>—LIGIIDÆ.<br /> <br /> <b>Flagellum with ten or more joints; tail appendages wholly visible; head without lateral lobes.</b><br /> @@ -1914,7 +1871,7 @@ species of woodlice and give their synonymy and distribution.</p> <p class="center noin"><i>Abdomen broad; body large; habitat, the sea-shore.</i></p> <p>The genus <i>Ligia</i> agrees with <i>Ligidium</i> alone, in that the -flagellum of the larger antennæ has more than ten joints. In +flagellum of the larger antennæ has more than ten joints. In both genera, there are no lateral lobes to the head, and the tail appendages are wholly visible from the upper surface of the body. The latter in <i>Ligia</i> is, however, very many times bigger @@ -1924,9 +1881,9 @@ its segments when the abdomen is reached.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span></p> -<p><b>Ligia oceanica</b> Linné (The Quay-louse). <a href="#Plate_i"><span class="smcap">Plate I.</span></a></p> +<p><b>Ligia oceanica</b> Linné (The Quay-louse). <a href="#Plate_i"><span class="smcap">Plate I.</span></a></p> <div class="blockquote"> - 1767 <i>Oniscus oceanicus</i> Linné (43), p. 1061.<br /> + 1767 <i>Oniscus oceanicus</i> Linné (43), p. 1061.<br /> 1793 <i>Cymothoa oceanica</i> Fabricius (26), p. 509.<br /> 1815 <i>Ligia scopulorum</i> Leach (38), p. 374.<br /> 1868 <i>Ligia oceanica</i> Bate and Westwood (1), p. 444.<br /> @@ -1949,7 +1906,7 @@ largest member of the whole tribe to be met with in these Islands,usually attains a length of two centimetres, while adult males may be nearly half as long again. It is the <i>Oniscus -oceanicus</i> of Linnæus and lives on the sea shore, +oceanicus</i> of Linnæus and lives on the sea shore, where it may be found at low tide beneath stones and rubbish in the crevices of timber. <i>Ligia</i> forms a connecting link between the woodlice @@ -1970,7 +1927,7 @@ apparently an old plural of louse.</p> <p>It is worthy of mention that Mr. Webb, when in charge of the Marine Biological Station at Brightlingsea, examined a -very large male specimen of <i>Ligia oceanica</i>, in which the maxillæ +very large male specimen of <i>Ligia oceanica</i>, in which the maxillæ were duplicated and consisted of four pairs instead of two.</p> <p class="center noin"><i>BRITISH LOCALITIES:—</i></p> @@ -2073,7 +2030,7 @@ Surrey; (Stebbing, 70).</p> <p class="center noin"> <br /><br /> - <i>Family</i>—TRICHONISCIDÆ.<br /> + <i>Family</i>—TRICHONISCIDÆ.<br /> <br /> <b>Flagellum with less than ten joints; head with lateral lobes; tail appendages partly hidden.</b><br /> @@ -2100,7 +2057,7 @@ character of its tail-parts mark it out from all others.</p> <div class="blockquote"> 1833 <i>Trichoniscus pusillus</i> Brandt (3), p. 174, pl. IV., fig. 9.<br /> 1838 <i>Itea riparia</i> Koch (34), part 22, pl. XVII.<br /> - 1844 <i>Itea lævis</i> Zaddach (77), p. 16.<br /> + 1844 <i>Itea lævis</i> Zaddach (77), p. 16.<br /> 1857 <i>Philougria celer</i> Kinahan (32), p. 281, pl. XXII., figs. 1-4.<br /> 1858 <i>Philougria riparia</i> Kinahan (33), pp. 191 and 198, pl. XXIII., fig. 1.<br /> 1868 <i>Philougria riparia</i> Bate and Westwood (1), p. 456.<br /> @@ -2135,7 +2092,7 @@ consideration.</p> </div> <p>Professor Sars in his <i>Crustacea of Norway</i> (p. 162) describes from Christiania, -under the name of <i>Trichoniscus pygmæus</i>, a still smaller species. As this may +under the name of <i>Trichoniscus pygmæus</i>, a still smaller species. As this may possibly be discovered in this country a brief comparison between it and <i>Trichoniscus pusillus</i> may be of value. The former reaches a length of but two millimetres; it is "whitish, semi-pellucid @@ -2205,7 +2162,7 @@ out, there are not more than four.</p> <p class="noin">The body is practically speaking smooth for it bears only very small tubercles, widely -separated. In <i>Trichoniscus vividus</i> the antennæ +separated. In <i>Trichoniscus vividus</i> the antennæ lack the bristles which characterise those of the other species in the genus. The species under consideration was discovered by Dr. Kinahan @@ -2252,9 +2209,9 @@ hair. It is distinguished from <i>Trichoniscus pusillus</i> by the larger size of its body, which is also comparatively broader, and from <i>Trichoniscus vividus</i> by the four joints of the flagellum of its -antennæ which latter have strong bristles upon +antennæ which latter have strong bristles upon them. In the former species there are five or -more joints to the flagellum and the antennæ, +more joints to the flagellum and the antennæ, though hairy, lack the bristles. <i>Trichoniscus roseus</i> is to be looked for in old gardens.</p> @@ -2335,7 +2292,7 @@ differentiate it; the other two lack the narrow abdomen seen in serrations on the side plates which characterise the species under<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span> consideration. <i>Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii</i> is small and white and the edges of its side plates are toothed, but it is oval in shape, -possesses no eyes, and its stout antennæ have but a single joint +possesses no eyes, and its stout antennæ have but a single joint to the flagellum instead of four. On the Continent this species has been found in rich soil.</p> @@ -2345,11 +2302,11 @@ has been found in rich soil.</p> <p class="center noin"><i>FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION:—</i></p> -<p><i>Europe</i>: France; Wimereux and Lyons, Forêt (25): Norway; Denmark; (59).</p> +<p><i>Europe</i>: France; Wimereux and Lyons, Forêt (25): Norway; Denmark; (59).</p> <p class="center noin"> <br /> - <i>Genus</i>—<b>HAPLOPHTHALMUS</b> Schöbl, 1850 (66), p. 449.<br /> + <i>Genus</i>—<b>HAPLOPHTHALMUS</b> Schöbl, 1850 (66), p. 449.<br /> </p> <p class="center noin"><i>Abdomen broad (comparatively); eyes simple; flagellum with three @@ -2365,7 +2322,7 @@ large, while the side plates of the body are well separated.</p> <div class="blockquote"> 1844 <i>Itea mengii</i> Zaddach (77), p. 16.<br /> - 1860 <i>Haplophthalmus elegans</i> Schöbl (66), p. 449.<br /> + 1860 <i>Haplophthalmus elegans</i> Schöbl (66), p. 449.<br /> 1885 <i>Haplophthalmus mengii</i> Budde-Lund (8), p. 250.<br /> 1898 <i>Haplophthalmus mengii</i> Sars (59), p. 167, pl. LXXIV., fig. 1.<br /> </div> @@ -2425,7 +2382,7 @@ segment of the abdomen.</p> <p><br /><b>Haplophthalmus danicus</b> Budde-Lund. <a href="#Plate_viii"><span class="smcap">Plate VIII.</span></a></p> <div class="blockquote"> - 1870 <i>Haplophthalmus elegans</i> Budde-Lund (6), p. 228 (not <i>Haplophthalmus elegans</i> Schöbl).<br /> + 1870 <i>Haplophthalmus elegans</i> Budde-Lund (6), p. 228 (not <i>Haplophthalmus elegans</i> Schöbl).<br /> 1879 <i>Haplophthalmus danicus</i> Budde-Lund (7), p. 9.<br /> 1881 <i>Haplophthalmus mengii</i> Weber (76), p. 192, pl. V., figs. 7-9 (not <i>Itea mengii</i> Zaddach).<br /> 1885 <i>Haplophthalmus danicus</i> Budde-Lund (8), p. 250.<br /> @@ -2465,13 +2422,13 @@ Bennett's Nurseries; (W.M.W.): Berkhamsted; THE INNER ONES.</span><br /> <br /> - <i>Family</i>—ONISCIDÆ.<br /> + <i>Family</i>—ONISCIDÆ.<br /> <br /> <b>Tail appendages projecting when the animal is walking.</b><br /> <br /> (1.) Unable to roll up into a complete ball.<br /> <br /> - <i>Genus</i>—<b>ONISCUS</b> Linné 1746 (41), p. 360.<br /> + <i>Genus</i>—<b>ONISCUS</b> Linné 1746 (41), p. 360.<br /> </p> <p class="center noin"><i>Flagellum, with three joints; abdomen broad; head with lateral lobes.</i></p> @@ -2481,9 +2438,9 @@ size of the animals will serve to distinguish the members of this genus.</p> -<p><b>Oniscus asellus</b> Linné (The "Common Slater.") <a href="#Plate_ix"><span class="smcap">Plate IX.</span></a></p> +<p><b>Oniscus asellus</b> Linné (The "Common Slater.") <a href="#Plate_ix"><span class="smcap">Plate IX.</span></a></p> <div class="blockquote"> - 1761 <i>Oniscus asellus</i> Linné (41), p. 500, No. 2058.<br /> + 1761 <i>Oniscus asellus</i> Linné (41), p. 500, No. 2058.<br /> 1792 <i>Oniscus murarius</i> Cuvier (9), p. 22, pl. XXVI.<br /> 1838 <i>Oniscus fossor</i> Koch (34), part 22, pl. XXII.<br /> 1868 <i>Oniscus asellus</i> Bate and Westwood (1), p. 468.<br /> @@ -2518,7 +2475,7 @@ from the middle of the head, which is not seen in <i>Oniscus</i>. <i>Philoscia</i>, although it has three joints to the flagellum, has a narrow abdomen and lacks entirely the lateral lobes which are a -feature of the other genera of Oniscidæ.</p> +feature of the other genera of Oniscidæ.</p> <p><i>Oniscus fossor</i> of Koch (34) was recognized by Kinahan and by Bate and Westwood as a @@ -2657,7 +2614,7 @@ Austria; Italy; (59): Sardinia; (21).</p> <p><i>Philoscia couchii</i> is an inhabitant of the sea-side; it is smaller than the last species, its colour to the naked eye -is a uniform lead-grey, and its antennæ are very +is a uniform lead-grey, and its antennæ are very large (compared with its size) and hairy.</p> <p>This species was discovered by Professor @@ -2690,20 +2647,20 @@ Egypt Senegal; (24).</p> <i>Genus</i>—<b>PLATYARTHRUS</b> Brandt, 1833 (3), p. 174.<br /> </p> - <p class="center noin">[<i>Typhloniscus</i> Schöbl (66), p. 279.]<br /></p> + <p class="center noin">[<i>Typhloniscus</i> Schöbl (66), p. 279.]<br /></p> <p class="center noin"><i>Flagellum with one joint; eyes wanting; abdomen broad; habitat, ants' nests.</i></p> <p>The broad body, which is much flattened, and the very thick -antennæ distinguish <i>Platyarthrus</i> from the other small woodlice -(Trichoniscidæ).</p> +antennæ distinguish <i>Platyarthrus</i> from the other small woodlice +(Trichoniscidæ).</p> <p><b>Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii</b> Brandt. <a href="#Plate_xii"><span class="smcap">Plate XII.</span></a></p> <div class="blockquote"> 1833 <i>Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii</i> Brandt (3), p. 174, pl. IV., fig. 10.<br /> 1844 <i>Itea crassicornis</i> Koch (34), part 36, pl. V.<br /> -1860 <i>Typhloniscus steinii</i> Schöbl (66), p. 282.<br /> +1860 <i>Typhloniscus steinii</i> Schöbl (66), p. 282.<br /> 1868 <i>Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii</i> Bate and Westwood (1), p. 464.<br /> 1898 <i>Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii</i> Sars (59), p. 175, pl. LXXVI., fig. 2.<br /> </div> @@ -2759,14 +2716,14 @@ Co. Carlow; (64).</p> Bohemia; Austria; Tyrol; Helvetia; (59).</p> <p><br /><br />NOTE.—In the genera which follow, air-tubes or air-cavities -(tracheæ) are present in the outer plates of the abdominal +(tracheæ) are present in the outer plates of the abdominal appendages, 1 and 2, or 1 to 5. The appendages in question have in consequence a milk-white appearance in the living animal owing to the fact that the enclosed air reflects white light. Considerable interest attaches to the study of these -tracheæ, which have the same function as those of insects, +tracheæ, which have the same function as those of insects, but which have been independently developed. To emphasise -the latter fact the structures are often termed "pseudotracheæ."</p> +the latter fact the structures are often termed "pseudotracheæ."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span></p> @@ -2797,7 +2754,7 @@ species of <i>Porcellio</i>.</p> 1840 <i>Porcellio brandtii</i> Milne-Edwards (46), p. 168.<br /> 1840 <i>Porcellio dubius</i> Koch (34), part 34, pl. VIII.<br /> 1847 <i>Porcellio asper</i> Koch (35), p. 207, pl. VIII., fig. 98.<br /> - 1857 <i>Porcellio montezumæ</i> Saussure (60), p. 207.<br /> + 1857 <i>Porcellio montezumæ</i> Saussure (60), p. 207.<br /> 1865 <i>Porcellio paulensis</i> Heller (31), p. 136, p. XII., fig. 5.<br /> 1868 <i>Porcellio scaber</i> Bate and Westwood (1), p. 475.<br /> 1876 <i>Porcellio graniger</i> Miers (44), p. 223.<br /> @@ -3055,13 +3012,13 @@ Europe, everywhere; (59): Corfu (B.M.)</p> 1833 <i>Porcellio musculus</i> Brandt (3), p. 180.<br /> 1833 <i>Porcellio cinerascens</i> Brandt (3), p. 178.<br /> 1833 <i>Porcellio dubius</i> Brandt (3), p. 178.<br /> - 1837 <i>Porcellio poeyi</i> Guérin (30), p. 6.<br /> + 1837 <i>Porcellio poeyi</i> Guérin (30), p. 6.<br /> 1844 <i>Porcellio urbicus</i> Koch (34), part 36, pl. IV.<br /> 1847 <i>Porcellio flavipes</i> Koch (35), p. 206, pl. VIII., fig. 97.<br /> 1853 <i>Cylisticus laevis</i> Schnitzler (65), p. 25.<br /> 1857 <i>Porcellio cubensis</i> Saussure (60), p. 307.<br /> 1857 <i>Porcellio sumichtasli</i> Saussure (60), p. 307.<br /> - 1857 <i>Porcellio cotillæ</i> Saussure (60), p. 307.<br /> + 1857 <i>Porcellio cotillæ</i> Saussure (60), p. 307.<br /> 1857 <i>Porcellio aztecus</i> Saussure (60), p. 307.<br /> 1857 <i>Porcellio mexicanus</i> Saussure (60), p. 307.<br /> </div> @@ -3171,7 +3128,7 @@ Rhaetia; (59).</p> <p class="center noin"><i>Flagellum, with two joints; abdomen, narrow; frontal lobe not developed.</i><br /></p> <p>The hinder legs of <i>Metoponorthus</i> are proportionately longer -than in any other Oniscidæ save <i>Philoscia</i>. Both genera have a +than in any other Oniscidæ save <i>Philoscia</i>. Both genera have a narrow abdomen, but <i>Philoscia</i> has an extra joint to the flagellum, and shows no sign of lateral lobes to the head.</p> @@ -3203,7 +3160,7 @@ and shows no sign of lateral lobes to the head.</p> <p>Undamaged specimens of <i>Metoponorthus pruinosus</i> are of a beautiful bluish-grey colour, owing to a "bloom" which is easily brushed off, revealing a dark reddish-brown -tint beneath it. The antennæ are long +tint beneath it. The antennæ are long and have white markings upon them.</p> <p>Air-tubes occur in the first two abdominal @@ -3375,7 +3332,7 @@ Holland; Belgium; Turkey; Caucasus; (59).</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span></p> <p class="center noin"> - <i>Family</i>—ARMADILLIDIIDÆ.<br /> + <i>Family</i>—ARMADILLIDIIDÆ.<br /> <br /> <b>Tail appendages not projecting when the animal is walking.</b><br /> <br /> @@ -3391,7 +3348,7 @@ than with other Woodlice. Excepting <i>Cylisticus</i> (which has long pointed tail appendages) no other British forms have the power of rolling themselves up into a complete ball. The very arched body is characteristic of <i>Armadillidium</i>, and so is -the groove into which the basal joints of the antennæ fit when +the groove into which the basal joints of the antennæ fit when the creatures curl up.</p> <p>The first two abdominal appendages only are provided with @@ -3436,7 +3393,7 @@ more or less paddle-shaped.</p> to telson is more gentle than in the common species, <i>Armadillidium vulgare</i>, and the first thoracic segment is not so greatly developed. Consequently the species which we are considering does not -produce a perfect sphere, and the antennæ are not hidden when<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span> +produce a perfect sphere, and the antennæ are not hidden when<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span> it rolls up. It is interesting to compare this species with <i>Cylisticus convexus</i>. The surface of the body is smooth, and its colour is a delicate brownish grey with more or less distinct rows of darker @@ -3499,7 +3456,7 @@ than they are long.</p> <p>The species can roll itself up into a very perfect sphere, and when it assumes this form -its antennæ are hidden beneath the much +its antennæ are hidden beneath the much expanded lateral plates of the first thoracic segment.</p> @@ -3567,7 +3524,7 @@ Cappagh, Co. Waterford; Castel, Co. Tipperary; (R.F.S.)</p> <p>The smallest British species is <i>Armadillidium pulchellum</i>. The frontal lobe projects so as to make the head somewhat triangular. The -antennæ are very short and the distal joint of +antennæ are very short and the distal joint of the flagellum is three times the length of the other, while the two together are not as long as the last peduncular joint.</p> @@ -3617,7 +3574,7 @@ down the back and less marked variegations between them.</p> </div> <p>The frontal lobe in <i>Armadillidium depressum</i> is very prominent -and much recurved. The antennæ are fairly +and much recurved. The antennæ are fairly long and while the two joints of the flagellum are nearly equal they are together not so long as the last peduncular joint.</p> @@ -3832,7 +3789,7 @@ Scharff, the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, and Miss Willmott.</p> Sessile-eyed Crustacea</i>, London, 1868. </p> -<p class="hang">(2) BOSC, L. A. G.: <i>Manuel de l'histoire Naturelle des Crustacés</i>, +<p class="hang">(2) BOSC, L. A. G.: <i>Manuel de l'histoire Naturelle des Crustacés</i>, Vol. II. Paris, 1830. </p> @@ -3847,7 +3804,7 @@ Vol. II., Berlin, 1830-1834. <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span></p> -<p class="hang">(5) BRUNTZ, L.: "Contribution à l'Etude de l'Excretion chez les +<p class="hang">(5) BRUNTZ, L.: "Contribution à l'Etude de l'Excretion chez les Arthropodes." <i>Archives de Biologie.</i> Vol. XXII. (Nov., 1903), pp. 215-422, pls. I.-VIII. </p> @@ -3867,15 +3824,15 @@ Isopodum terrestrium.</i> Copenhagen, 1879. d'hist. nat.</i> Vol. II. 1792. </p> -<p class="hang">(10) DE GEER, C.: <i>Memoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes.</i> +<p class="hang">(10) DE GEER, C.: <i>Memoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes.</i> Vol. VII., Stockholm, 1778. </p> -<p class="hang">(11) DESMAREST, A.G.: <i>Considérations générales sur la classe des -Crustacés.</i> Paris, 1825. +<p class="hang">(11) DESMAREST, A.G.: <i>Considérations générales sur la classe des +Crustacés.</i> Paris, 1825. </p> -<p class="hang">(12) DOLLFUS, A.: "Catalogue raisonné des Isopodes terrestres de +<p class="hang">(12) DOLLFUS, A.: "Catalogue raisonné des Isopodes terrestres de l'Espagne." <i>Ann. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.</i> Vol. XXI. (1892), pp. 161-190. </p> @@ -3889,7 +3846,7 @@ des Sciences. Rep. Congress de Pau.</i>, 1892. Naturalistes</i>, Ser. 3. May 1892. </p> -<p class="hang">(15) DOLLFUS, A.: "Catalogue raisonné des Isopodes terrestres de +<p class="hang">(15) DOLLFUS, A.: "Catalogue raisonné des Isopodes terrestres de l'Espagne." Premier supplement, <i>Ann. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.</i> Vol. XXII. (1893), pp. 47-51. </p> @@ -3909,7 +3866,7 @@ Cap. Blanc a Tripoli." <i>Mem. Soc. Zool. Trans.</i> Vol. IX. (1896), pp. 523-553. </p> -<p class="hang">(19) DOLLFUS, A.: <i>Crustacés Isopodes de la Sicile.</i> 1896. +<p class="hang">(19) DOLLFUS, A.: <i>Crustacés Isopodes de la Sicile.</i> 1896. </p> <p class="hang">(20) DOLLFUS, A.: "On West Indian Isopod Crustaceans." <i>Proc. Zool. @@ -3924,16 +3881,16 @@ Soc. Lond.</i> 1896, pp. 388-400. Mittheilung aus Bosnien und der Hercegovina.</i> Vol. IV. (1896). </p> -<p class="hang">(23) DOLLFUS, A.: "Les Crustacés Isopodes Terrestres à grande +<p class="hang">(23) DOLLFUS, A.: "Les Crustacés Isopodes Terrestres à grande dispersion," <i>Feu des Jeun. Natural.</i> Ser. 3 (Oct. 1897). </p> <p class="hang">(24) DOLLFUS, A.: "Sur la Distribution Geographique des Isopodes -Terrestres dans l'Afrique Septentrional du Senegal à Obock." +Terrestres dans l'Afrique Septentrional du Senegal à Obock." <i>Proc. Inter. Congres. Zool.</i> Cambridge, 1898, pp. 249-259. </p> -<p class="hang">(25) DOLLFUS, A.: "Catalogue des Crustacés Isopodes Terrestres de +<p class="hang">(25) DOLLFUS, A.: "Catalogue des Crustacés Isopodes Terrestres de France." <i>Feu. des Jeun. Natural.</i> Ser. 3 (October 1899). </p> @@ -3970,7 +3927,7 @@ Isopoda." <i>Nat. Hist. Rev.</i> Vol. IV. (1857). <p class="hang">(34) KOCH, C.L.: <i>Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden and Arachniden.</i> Regensburg, 1835-1844.<br /> Koch's descriptions and figures were published in <i>Deutschlands Crustaceen</i> and appeared also in Panzer's -<i>Faunæ Insectorum Germanicæ</i> continued by Herrich-Schäffer (which see). The number of the parts of the latter +<i>Faunæ Insectorum Germanicæ</i> continued by Herrich-Schäffer (which see). The number of the parts of the latter which correspond to those of the former are placed in square brackets after them in the list here given. Part 6 (1836) [139]; Part 22 (1838) [162]; Part 28 (1839) [178]; Part 34 (1840) [180]; Part 36 (1844) [186]. Some of the dates quoted will be found to differ from those usually given (in Budde-Lund (8, p. 7) for instance), and printed on @@ -3983,35 +3940,35 @@ Berichtigungen zu Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden.</i> Regensburg, 1847. </p> -<p class="hang">(36) LAMARCK, J. B.: <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertébres.</i> +<p class="hang">(36) LAMARCK, J. B.: <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertébres.</i> Vol. V., 1818. </p> -<p class="hang">(37) LATREILLE, P. A.: <i>Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés et des +<p class="hang">(37) LATREILLE, P. A.: <i>Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés et des Insectes.</i> Vol. VII., Paris, 1804. </p> <p class="hang">(38) LEACH, W. E.: "Tabular view of the external characters of four -classes of animals, which Linné arranged under Insectes." +classes of animals, which Linné arranged under Insectes." <i>Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.</i> Vol. XI., 1815. </p> -<p class="hang">(39) LEREBOULLET, A.: "Memoire sur les Crustacés de la famille des +<p class="hang">(39) LEREBOULLET, A.: "Memoire sur les Crustacés de la famille des Cloportides qui habitent les environs de Strasbourg." <i>Mem. Soc. Mus. Hist. Nat. Strasbourg.</i> Vol. IV., 1853, pp. 130, pl. X. </p> -<p class="hang">(40) LEUCKART, R.: <i>Verzeichnisz der zur Fauna Helgolands gehörenden +<p class="hang">(40) LEUCKART, R.: <i>Verzeichnisz der zur Fauna Helgolands gehörenden wirbellosen Seethiere.</i> Braunsweig, 1847. </p> -<p class="hang">(41) LINNÉ, C.: <i>Fauna Suecica.</i> First edition, Holmiæ, 1746. +<p class="hang">(41) LINNÉ, C.: <i>Fauna Suecica.</i> First edition, Holmiæ, 1746. </p> -<p class="hang">(42) LINNÉ, C.: <i>Fauna Suecica.</i> Second edition, Holmiæ, 1761. +<p class="hang">(42) LINNÉ, C.: <i>Fauna Suecica.</i> Second edition, Holmiæ, 1761. </p> -<p class="hang">(43) LINNÉ, C.: <i>Systema Naturae</i>, ed. 12, 1767. +<p class="hang">(43) LINNÉ, C.: <i>Systema Naturae</i>, ed. 12, 1767. </p> <p class="hang">(44) MIERS, E. J.: "Catalogue of New Zealand Crustacea." <i>Ann. Mag. @@ -4023,11 +3980,11 @@ Isopoda), chiefly from South America." <i>Proc. Zool. Soc.</i>, 1877, p. 653-678. </p> -<p class="hang">(46) MILNE-EDWARDS, H.: <i>Histoire naturelle des Crustacés.</i> Vol. III. +<p class="hang">(46) MILNE-EDWARDS, H.: <i>Histoire naturelle des Crustacés.</i> Vol. III. Paris, 1840. </p> -<p class="hang">(47) NICHOLSON and LYDDEKER: <i>Manual of Palæontology</i>, 1889, +<p class="hang">(47) NICHOLSON and LYDDEKER: <i>Manual of Palæontology</i>, 1889, Vol. II., p. 559. </p> @@ -4051,12 +4008,12 @@ Second Supplement <i>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7)</i>, Vol. XIV. (1904), pp. 449-450. </p> -<p class="hang">(51) PANZER, G. W. F.: <i>Faunæ Insectorum Germanicæ initia, oder +<p class="hang">(51) PANZER, G. W. F.: <i>Faunæ Insectorum Germanicæ initia, oder Deutschlands Insecten.</i> Parts 1-110, Nurnberg, 1793-1813. (See Koch.) </p> -<p class="hang">(52) PANZER, G. W. F.: Continuation by Herrich-Schäffer, +<p class="hang">(52) PANZER, G. W. F.: Continuation by Herrich-Schäffer, Parts 111-190, 1829-1844. (See Koch.) </p> @@ -4069,11 +4026,11 @@ he is quoted in Panzer's <i>Deutschlands Insecten</i> (51), which see. </p> -<p class="hang">(55) PLATEAU, F.: "Crustacés Isopodes Terrestres." <i>Bull. Acad. Roy. +<p class="hang">(55) PLATEAU, F.: "Crustacés Isopodes Terrestres." <i>Bull. Acad. Roy. de Belgique, Ser. 2.</i>, Vol. XXIX., No. 2 (1870), p. 112. </p> -<p class="hang">(56) RISSO, A.: <i>Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des environs de +<p class="hang">(56) RISSO, A.: <i>Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des environs de Nice.</i> Paris, 1816. </p> @@ -4082,7 +4039,7 @@ Firth of Clyde." <i>Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow</i>, Vol. II. (1888), pp. 9-99. </p> -<p class="hang">(58) ROULE, LOUIS: "Etudes sur le Development de Crustacés." <i>Ann. +<p class="hang">(58) ROULE, LOUIS: "Etudes sur le Development de Crustacés." <i>Ann. Sci. Nat.</i>, Vol. XVIII. (1895), pp. 1-156, pls. I.-X. </p> @@ -4090,7 +4047,7 @@ Sci. Nat.</i>, Vol. XVIII. (1895), pp. 1-156, pls. I.-X. 1896-1899. </p> -<p class="hang">(60) SAUSSURE, H. de: "Diagnoses de quelques crustacés nouveaux des +<p class="hang">(60) SAUSSURE, H. de: "Diagnoses de quelques crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique." <i>Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (Ser. 2)</i>, Vol. IX. (1857), pp. 304-308. </p> @@ -4120,7 +4077,7 @@ Crustacea Isopoda." <i>Sitzungsberichte der math. naturw. Acad. Wiss. Wien.</i> Vol. XL. (1860), pp. 279-330. </p> -<p class="hang">(67) SCOPOLI, J. A.: <i>Entomologia Carniolica.</i> Vindibonæ, 1763. +<p class="hang">(67) SCOPOLI, J. A.: <i>Entomologia Carniolica.</i> Vindibonæ, 1763. </p> <p class="hang">(68) SCOTT, T.: "The Land and Freshwater Crustacea of the District @@ -4134,7 +4091,7 @@ of Glasgow.</i> 1901; <i>Isopoda</i>, pp. 335 and 336. <p class="hang">(69) SILL, VICTOR: "Beitrag zur Kentniss der Crustaceen, Arachniden and Myriapoden Siebenburgens." <i>Verhandl. u. Mittheil. des Siebenburghischen Ver. -für Naturwiss. zu Hermannstadt</i>, Vol. XII. (1861), p. 1-11. +für Naturwiss. zu Hermannstadt</i>, Vol. XII. (1861), p. 1-11. </p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span></p> @@ -4155,7 +4112,7 @@ Buckinghamshire</i> (1905); Crustacea. der Crustaceen." <i>Zeit. Wiss. Zool.</i>, Vol. LXIX., p. 378. </p> -<p class="hang">(73) VERHOEF, K. W.: "Ueber Palæarktische Isopoden." <i>Zool. Anz.</i>, +<p class="hang">(73) VERHOEF, K. W.: "Ueber Palæarktische Isopoden." <i>Zool. Anz.</i>, Vol. XXIV. </p> @@ -4183,7 +4140,7 @@ but he is quoted in Panzer's <i>Deutschlands Insecten</i> (51), which see. </p> -<p class="hang">(79) ZITTEL, K. A. von: <i>Textbook of Palæontology</i>. English Translation +<p class="hang">(79) ZITTEL, K. A. von: <i>Textbook of Palæontology</i>. English Translation 1900, p. 668. </p> </div> @@ -4214,7 +4171,7 @@ which see. <li class="isub1">abdominal, 5, <b><a href="#Page_6">6</a></b><br /></li> </ul></li> <li><i>Archaeoniscus brodiei</i>, 2<br /></li> -<li>Armadillidæ, 17 +<li>Armadillidæ, 17 <ul class="index"> <li class="isub1">characters of, 18, 40</li> </ul></li> @@ -4701,7 +4658,7 @@ which see. <li>Thrush louse, 15</li> <li>Tiggyhog, 15</li> <li>Tracheae, 6, 31</li> -<li>Trichoniscidæ, characters of, 18, 22</li> +<li>Trichoniscidæ, characters of, 18, 22</li> <li><i>Trichoniscoides</i>, 21, 22, 26 <ul class="index"> <li class="isub1">characters of, 17, 18, 25</li> @@ -4783,7 +4740,7 @@ which see. </colgroup> <tr><td align="left"> </td><td align="right">PLATE</td></tr> - <tr><td align="left"><i>Ligia oceanica</i> Linné</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_i">I.</a></td></tr> + <tr><td align="left"><i>Ligia oceanica</i> Linné</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_i">I.</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Ligidium hypnorum</i> Cuvier</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_ii">II.</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Trichoniscus pusillus</i> Brandt</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_iii">III.</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Trichoniscus vividus</i> Koch</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_iv">IV.</a></td></tr> @@ -4791,7 +4748,7 @@ which see. <tr><td align="left"><i>Trichoniscoides albidus</i> Budde-Lund</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_vi">VI.</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Haplophthalmus mengii</i> Zaddach</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_vii">VII.</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Haplophthalmus danicus</i> Budde-Lund</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_viii">VIII.</a></td></tr> - <tr><td align="left"><i>Oniscus asellus</i> Linné</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_ix">IX.</a></td></tr> + <tr><td align="left"><i>Oniscus asellus</i> Linné</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_ix">IX.</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Philoscia muscorum</i> Scopoli</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_x">X.</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Philoscia couchii</i> Kinahan</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_xi">XI.</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"><i>Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii</i> Brandt</td><td align="right"><a href="#Plate_xii">XII.</a></td></tr> @@ -4824,7 +4781,7 @@ which see. <img src="images/i_plate_i_tn.png" width="267" height="400" alt="Plate I Ligia oceanica" title="" /> </a> <span class="caption"> - <span class="smcap">Ligia oceanica</span> Linné. <span class="smcap">The Quay-louse.</span><br /> + <span class="smcap">Ligia oceanica</span> Linné. <span class="smcap">The Quay-louse.</span><br /> <i>Length, two to three centimetres.</i><br /><br /> </span> </div> @@ -5008,7 +4965,7 @@ which see. <img src="images/i_plate_ix_tn.png" width="267" height="400" alt="Plate IX Oniscus asellus" title="" /> </a> <span class="caption"> - <span class="smcap">Oniscus asellus</span> Linné (The common slater).<br /> + <span class="smcap">Oniscus asellus</span> Linné (The common slater).<br /> <i>Length, sixteen millimetres.</i><br /><br /> </span> </div> @@ -5392,7 +5349,7 @@ which see. <p class="noin char-bold"><a name="TN" id="TN"></a>Misprints and misspellings noted or corrected in the text:</p> - <p>Page vii [CONTENTS]: "Family--Ligidæ " changed to "Family--Ligiidæ".</p> + <p>Page vii [CONTENTS]: "Family--Ligidæ " changed to "Family--Ligiidæ".</p> <p>Page vii [CONTENTS]: "<i>Haplopthalmus mengii</i>" changed to "<i>Haplophthalmus mengii</i>".</p> @@ -5419,384 +5376,6 @@ which see. <hr class="chap" /> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The British Woodlice, by -Wilfred Mark Webb and Charles Sillem - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BRITISH WOODLICE *** - -***** This file should be named 43928-h.htm or 43928-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/9/2/43928/ - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Quentin Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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