104 THE BRITISH WOODLICE.
uniform dark grey, the sides of the thorax are yellow, while the
back is mottled with the same colour. The abdomen, including
the telson, is also yellow with the exception only of the tail
appendages, which are dark grey.
BRITISH LOCALITIES ;—
England : Warley ; (W.M.W) : Maldon ; (W.M.W. from
R.M.): Brightlingsea; Hanwell; Mortlake; Bluebell Hill, Maid-
stone ; Langley ; Skirmett; Pamber Forest; Kingston-on-Soar ;.
Ipswich ; (W.M.W.); Lynmouth ; (W.M.W. from J.T.C.)
Scotland: (Scott, 68.)
Ireland: Ardrahan ; (Norman, 50) : Borris, Co. Carlow ;;
Glandare, Terneay, Co. Cork ; Courtstown, Co. Wexford ;.
Cappagh, Co. Waterford ; Castel, Co. Tipperary ; (R.F.S.)
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION :—
Europe : Throughout; (23).
Asia : Damascus ; (23).
Africa : Algeria ; (23).
Atlantic Is/es : (23).
America: North and South; (23).
Australia : Melbourne (64 quoting Budde-Lund) ; New Zealand; (23).
Armadillidium pulchellum Zencker. Plate
XXIV.
1799 Oniscus pulchellus Zencker (78) (quoted by Koch in
Panzeri, part 62, pl. XXI.
1833 Armadillidium pulchellum Brandt (3), p. 188.
1861 Armadillo maculatus Sill (60), p. 5.
1870 Armadillidium pictum Plateau (not Brandt) (55), p. 116.
1898 Armadillidium pulchellum Sars (59), p. 191, pl.
LXXXIII., fig. 4.
The smallest British species is Armadillidium
pulchellum. The frontal lobe projects so as to
make the head somewhat triangular. The
antennae 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.
The telson is truncated at the end so that
it is by no means as long as it is broad at the
base, and the outer divisions of the tail appen-
dages are in similar proportion.
The colour of the body (which is smooth) is
dark brown with four important series of light patches running
down the back and less marked variegations between them.