?i6 The Irish Naturalist. [October, 



montanus, Nebria Gyllenhalii, and Patrobus assimilis. Earth- 

 worms taken at this high elevation have been identified for us 

 by Rev. H. Friend as Lumbricus rubellus, and Allolobophora 

 subrubieunda. 



Caher is a conical peak, commanding magnificent views of 

 Dingle Bay and peninsula, and of the beautiful mountain 

 ranges which stretch away westwards towards Valentia. 

 From Caher to the summit of Carrantuohill it is necessary 

 to follow the grand ridge of the Reeks, whence a sheer 

 precipice drops on the left 1,600 feet, to the tarn known as 

 Lough Eagher, and a steep slope on the right to the Black 

 Valley. By keeping along this slope a few feet below the 

 ridge the walk presents no difficulty on such a day as we 

 were favoured with ; though in a mist or a high wind, the 

 journey would be more exciting than pleasant. From Caher 

 the ridge dips several hundred feet, then rises again to another 

 peak with magnificent scarped cliffs to the north, and then 

 dips again before rising to the summit of Carrantuohill (3,414 

 feet). From Carrantuohill the ridge stretches away eastward 

 to the Gap of Dunloe, but unfortunately we had not time to 

 follow it further. On the ridge a specimen of the rare spider 

 Leptyphantes pallidas w 7 as found beneath a stone, its only 

 other known Irish habitat is Mitchelstown Cave ! On the 

 actual summit of Carrantuohill the only animals observed 

 were the beetle Nebria Gyllenhalii, the springtail Entomobrya 

 multifasciata (very common under stones), the spider Pedanos- 

 tcthus lividus, the harvestmen Mitopus alpi?itis and Nemastoma 

 lugubre, and the centipede Lithobhis variegaius. Of these only 

 Nebria Gylle?ihalii and Mitopus alpinus can be considered 

 mountain forms ; the others are all common lowland animals. 

 The Lithobhis was observed in numbers all the way up the 

 mountain ; the specimens are smaller and more brightly 

 marked than typical L. variegaius, but in structure they agree 

 altogether with that species. 



Returning along the ridge to Caher, we descended a steep 

 slope to Lough Eagher, a good-sized tarn, situated at a 

 height of 1,550 feet right beneath the grand precipices of 

 Carrantuohill. The only mollusc which rewarded our search 

 here was A?icylus fluviatilis, but of the two water-beetles taken, 



