In April 1964 the peculiar Protura Sinentomon erythranum was found from East Sheshan, Shanghai. An ecological survey was conducted during 1964-1966, approximately monthly, by Tullgren funnel method. A soil sample of nearly 1 square Chinese ft. (33 × 33cm) was taken for each month in a depth of 15cm and subdivided into 3 layers, each of 5cm, at the first 6 months and then 6 layers of 30cm to extract the Protura.East Sheshan is a small hill about 35 km from Shanghai, where the bomboo, Phylloslachys pubescent ...