9^ The Irish Natnralist. [April, 



Femai^e (Fig 4).— Length 1-4 mm., greatest breadth roS mm. The 

 body is strongly narrowed in front, " impressed line" enclosing most of the 

 dorsal surface ; as in the male there is a double row of depressions down 

 the middle of the back, and the body is striated. Kpimeral plates very 

 much smaller than in the male ; close to the last pair lies the genital 

 area. In general shape the female of this mite is not unlike that of 

 A. albator, Miiller. 



Fig. 4. 



Fig. 3, Arreuiims Kanei, sp. nov., Male, ventral view of hinder region. 

 Fig. 4, Female, ventral view. INIagnified. 



LoCAi^iTiES. — Upper Lough Erne, September 20th, 1S99 (one male) ; 

 Uartrey Lough, in the County of Monaghan, October, 1899 (one $ and 

 three p p). T3-pe specimens now in the Dublin Museum. 



Science and Art Museum. Dublin. 



AN IRISH GEOGRAPHY. 



Elcnncntary Geography for Irish Schools. By John 

 Cooke, M.A. (Dubl.). London : John Murray, 1899 ; pp. i.-x. 

 and 1-114. 

 This work is one of the many signs of the changes that may be 

 expected in Irish education. It is an attempt to interest the elementary' 

 pupil from the outset in the country in which he lives, and to employ 

 its natural features as illustrations of those prominent throughout the 

 globe. Such an ideal could not be reached in countries of more uniform 

 structure, Holland, for example ; but Ireland fortunately lends itself on 

 all sides picturesquely to the purpose. The introduction, on general 

 principles of Geography, gives us a view and plan of Londonderry for 

 comparison ; and similar treatment of Glendalough, in Co. Wicklow, 

 illustrates the forms of mountain-sides and valleys. Some of the Irish 

 illustrations, prettily reduced from photographs, are given without 

 names, which seems a break in the general plan of the volume ; and 

 surely by inadvertence, a false impression is conveyed when it is stated 

 in the preface that " all the plans, maps, and illustrations have been 

 specially prepared for this book." This is true of the mechanical 

 process-blocks ; but they are made in great part from the photographs 



