68 7he Irish Naliiralist, April, 



the rich green of Arbutus being conspicuous here and there 

 among oak and holly. It was in these places that I had hoped 

 to find some of the arboreal Chelifers (^..<f. species of Chernes), 

 but such search as I was able to make for them was unsuc- 

 cessful ; and it ought to be added perhaps that arboreal 

 Cheliferidae, of which there are several in Britain, are as yet 

 unknown in Ireland. By sifting dead leaves in these woods, 

 however, I managed to see Obismm vmscoruvi and Chthonins 

 tetracJielafus; but it was impossible to continue this kind of 

 collecting here on account of the minute biting flies which 

 were present in extraordinary abundance. 



The two false scorpions just mentioned live also under very 

 different conditions on the bare mountains. On Knockana- 

 guish, for instance, Obisiiun muscorum occurred at a good 

 height ; and Chthoniiis tch-achdatus was abundant even at the 

 summit (1.645 ^^et). The Chthonius lived among accumu- 

 lations of slabs of rock which were for the most part overgrown 

 with ling ; and in the peaty films between these slabs it had 

 its nests; two of which I opened and found in each a female 

 and brood of free young. The sifting of ling-debris and moss 

 over a weighted sheet here brought to light beetles, including 

 Bradycellus copiatics and Ocyicsa incrassata, but no false- 

 scorpions ; and I suppose that in this exposed place these 

 animals come little to the surface. 



On August 23rd a departure was made from Kenmare by 

 the coach which starts after mid-day on its long climb up the 

 valley of the Sheen, over what remains here of the Caha 

 Mountains— except the final crest which is pierced by the 

 well-known tunnel — whence we emerge into the coimty of Cork, 

 and, with Bantry Bay ahead, slowly and laboriously get down 

 to Glengariff. Here two days were devoted to the shores of 

 Bantry Bay, and two to the wooded hill-sides of the glen. 

 For the former purpose the Castletown road was followed 

 round by the harbour and Shorne Hill, by the margins of the 

 two Loughs Avaul, and under Gowlbeg Mountain to Derreena- 

 carrin. Near this road, close to Glengariff, the long-looked-for 

 Cieomalacus niacuIosKs came to light : the dry weather had 

 evidently driven this slug far into its hiding places, so that I 

 had not seen it between Kenmare and the Cloonee Loughs 

 where it is known to be plentiful \, and the one now found 

 was in secure hiding under a stone within the walls of a 

 deserted cottage. The hard rocks of the bay were difficult to 



1 Irish Nat., vii. riSgS), 220. 



