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NOTES ON THE IRISH FALSE-SCORPIONS IN THE 

 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND. 



BY H. WALLIS KEW. 



In connection with a " Synopsis of the False-Scorpions of 

 Britain and Ireland " now nearl}^ completed, I recently 

 examined the animals of this order belonging to the National 

 Museum ; and at the suggestion of Dr. Scharflf, to whom I am 

 indebted for permission to make the examination, the present 

 note is submitted to the Irish Natztj-alist. I wish to thank Dr. 

 Scharff, and also Mr. J. N. Halbert, w^ho helped me in various 

 ways. Man}' of the specimens were collected on trips orga- 

 nised by the Fauna and Flora Committee of the Royal Irish 

 Academy. Most of the specimens are in spirit, and most of 

 them had been named some years ago by Professor G. H. 

 Carpenter. With the exception of a few from extra-Britannic 

 localities (not criticall}^ examined by me), the collection con- 

 sists of seven species as follows : — 

 Chcllfer cancroidcs, Irina. — Limerick ; 1894 (F. Neale). 

 Chelifer (Cherries) dubius, Canibr. (?). — Ovoca, Co. Wicklow ; 1895 

 (J. N. Halbert), Reported in Irish Naturalist, V. (1896), p. 215. as 

 Chernes phaleraltis Simon, by which is intended, no doubt, the animal 

 so named by Mr. Cambridge (= C. scorpioides, Herni.). I believe, 

 however, that this identification is erroneous, and that the animal is 

 C. dubius, Canibr. ; but I cannot refer it to that species with certainty 

 because one should examine the galea in lateral view, the ventral as 

 well as the dorsal surface of the body, and note the presence or 

 absence of certain tactile-hairs, and this cannot be done in the case 

 of the present carded, somewhat damaged specimen. 

 Cheiridium museorum, Leach. — Duudrum, Co. Dublin; 1903 (R. P\ 



Scharff). 

 Obisium museorum, Leach.— Lucan, Co. Dublin ; 1892 (R. F. 

 Scharff). Lough Gilly, Co. Armagh ; 1893 (W. F. Johnson). Killar- 

 ney, Co. Kerry ; 1893. Ovoca, Co. Wicklow ; 1894. Bray, Co. Wick- 

 low; 1895. (R. F. Scharff). Glandore, Co. Cork; 1896 (J. N. Hal- 

 bert). Poyntzpass, Co. Armagh ; 1896 and 1897 (W. F. Johnson). 

 Leenane, Co, Galway ; J897 (J. N. Halbert). Delphi, Co. Mayo ; 1897 

 (J. N. Halbert}. Kinbane, Co. Antrim ; 1897 (R. Welch). Kenmare, 

 Co. Kerry ; 1899 (J. N. Halbert). Ballycastle, Co. Antrim ; 1900 

 (R. Welch). [Edinburgh ; 1892 (W. Evans).] 

 Obisium maritimum, Leach.— Kenmare Bay, Co. Kerry; 1909 (H. 

 W. Kew). The Museum also possesses examples of this species froni 

 Jersey, which it was of interest to compare with those from Kenmare 



