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the sandy beach, dunes, and some marshy ground beyond them 

 were most productive. Some good things were also got at 

 Kilbrannan Castle on the cliff, and at Coolbeg on thistles, &c, 

 and under the bark of dead trees. 



In the south-western district Killarney is well enough 

 known, and the insects obtained were but few and common ; 

 some rare spiders, however, rewarded the collector, but their 

 records are reserved for a general list of Irish spiders now in 

 course of preparation. At Bantry Bay, Castletown-Berehaven 

 was the head-quarters, and in its neighbourhood the wild cliffs 

 and the beautifully wooded demesne of Dunboy afforded 

 excellent collecting-ground. Dr. M'Weeney and Mr. M'Ardle, 

 when botanizing on Bere Island, were so good as to pick up 

 what insects they saw. Dr. Scharff made some interesting 

 discoveries during an ascent of the precipitous Hungry Hill, 

 which rises to the east of Castletown to a height of over 2,000 

 feet ; its slopes, now bare and rugged, are said to have nursed 

 a rich growth of Arbutus in former days. Would that a 

 collector had visited it then ! To the north of Castletown is the 

 lower range of the Slieve Mishkish, with wide-stretching 

 tracts of bog. A day was spent on Dursey — the island to the 

 extreme west of the peninsula. From Adrigole, a village to 

 the east of Castletown, an excursion was made, first over large 

 tracts of bog, and then by a rugged pass behind the Sugarloaf 

 Mountain to Glengariff. A few insects were obtained in the 

 woods at the latter place. 



In the north-eastern district collections were made near 

 Dundalk, on Slieve Gullion (1,893 ft-) and Fathom Hill, Co. 

 Armagh, along the beach at Carlingford and Greenore, and 

 in the grounds of Narrow Water, Co. Down. 



In the neighbourhood of Cavan, the collecting extended 

 from the 7 th to the nth of October; many of the localities 

 worked proved very productive, the best probably being L,ough 

 Oughter shore, one of a chain of lakes occupying a consider- 

 able portion of the centre of the county, and lying to the 

 west of the town ; on its margin are remnants of very old 

 woods, as well as Birch and Fir plantations ; the lake itself 

 looked barren and unproductive, partly due to the lateness of 

 the season, the vegetation being practically over, but from the 

 drains, and especially along the shore many interesting 

 species were taken, The country about the town is of a very 



