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Professor Carpenter on its summit (3,414 ft) four, viz.: 

 Lithobius variegatus^Oligolophtcs alpiiius, Nebria Gyllenhalii, and 

 Pedanosteth^LS limdus figure also here, the remaining two from 

 Carrantuohill htmg Nemastonia higitbre and a spring-tail.^ I 

 found also on Mangerton — some way from the summit— three 

 spiders which Dr. Jackson has identified as Leptyphayites sp. 

 (immature), Styloctetor U7ici7i2is, and Ccntromerus rivalis \ of 

 these the Styloctetor is of interest from being the animal 

 of which the first known example was found by Mr. R. 

 Welch on the summit of Slieve Donard, Co. Down^ ; 

 moreover the Centromerus, like the Hilaira just mentioned, 

 is an addition to the Irish list ; and thus this expedition 

 to Mangerton — enjoyable and memorable in many ways — was 

 not altogether without success. With regard to the particular 

 object for which it was undertaken, however, it entirely 

 failed ; for in spite of all my efforts I could not discover false- 

 scorpions of an}' kind on the top of this mountain ; and so 

 again in descending the examination of moss and debris at 

 about 2,3"><> feet produced the three spiders just mentioned as 

 well as small beetles and spring-tails in plenty, but no false- 

 scorpions ; and the turning over of fallen pieces of rock was 

 equally ineffective, at least down to 1,500 feet, whereabouts a 

 single Chthonius tctrachelatus was found, which was the only 

 false-scorpion seen on Mangerton. 



One day only now remains ; and opportunity must be taken 

 to say something of Chtho7iius Rayi, an animal not seen on the 

 mountains, but found in several places about Killarney as well 

 as at Kenmare and Glengariflf, always rather near the towns; 

 it was found to-day, under somewhat di£ferent conditions, 

 where the Kenmare road runs under Tore Mountain close by 

 the Middle Lake of Killarney, the animal occurring here on 

 the rocky naturallj-wooded shore of the lake in some plenty. 

 Some sifting of dead leaves in the woods near Tore New 

 Bridge brought to light only Obisintn niuscorum ; and some 

 further sifting, this time of flood-refuse, on the shore 01 the 

 Upper Lake was entirely unsuccessful ; and thus there is little 

 to record for this last day ; which was nevertheless, with 

 glorious weather, one of the most enjoyable of all. 



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^ /risk Nat., viii. (1899), 216. 

 "^Proc. R. I. A. (3) v., (1898), 165 ; xxvii. (1909), 106. 



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