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قراءة كتاب The British Woodlice Being a Monograph of the Terrestrial Isopod Crustacea Occurring in the British Islands

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The British Woodlice
Being a Monograph of the Terrestrial Isopod Crustacea
Occurring in the British Islands

The British Woodlice Being a Monograph of the Terrestrial Isopod Crustacea Occurring in the British Islands

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THE BRITISH WOODLICE.

BEING

A MONOGRAPH OF THE TERRESTRIAL ISOPOD CRUSTACEA

OCCURRING IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS.

BY

WILFRED MARK WEBB, F.L.S.,

Lecturer on Biology and Nature Study to the Surrey County Council,
Honorary Secretary of the Selborne Society,
Sometime, Senior Assistant Lecturer on Biology to the Essex County Council,
and Editor of the Journal of Malacology,
Joint Author of
  "Eton Nature Study and Observational Lessons."

AND

CHARLES SILLEM.

With Twenty-Five Plates and Fifty-Nine Figures in the Text.

LONDON:

DUCKWORTH & CO.,

3, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

1906.


PREFACE.

In Professor Sars' "Crustacea of Norway," quite a number of the British species of woodlice are figured in detail and described in English, but few copies of this fine work are to be met with in our country. The Rev. Canon Norman has from time to time published notes on the British species in "The Annals and Magazine of Natural History;" these are, however, scattered, and contain but few figures, while other literature that exists is out of date. Under these circumstances, we have thought that the following account and figures of all the British species would be useful to those anxious to work at the woodlice, and might also encourage others to pay attention to the distribution and habits of the interesting tribe to which they belong.

The writers would welcome any corrections or additions in view of a second edition.

W.M.W.
C.S.

Odstock, Hanwell, December, 1905.


CONTENTS.

  PAGE
Introduction 1
Geological history 1
External structure and appendages 2
Alimentary canal 6
Circulatory system 7
Excretory system 7
Nervous system 8
Reproductive organs 8
Development 9
Habits and Economic considerations 12
Local names 15
Methods of collections and preservation 16
Classification 17
Scheme of classification and synopsis of generic characters 18
British Species 19
Section—Ligiæ 19
Family—Ligiidæ 19
Genus—Ligia Fabricius 19
Ligia oceanica Linzé 19
Genus—Ligidium Brandt 21
Ligidium hypnorum Cuvier 21
Family—Trichoniscidæ 22
Genus—Trichoniscus Brandt 22
Trichoniscus pusillus Brandt 22

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