354 The Irish Naturalist. December, 



A n'oii hortensis, Helix nem oralis in all stages of growth, H. 

 j'usea, H hispida, H. lam ell at a, Pupa cylindraeea, P. anglica, 

 Balea perversa, and Clausilia bidentata. The trees on which 

 these were taken were : — Oak, Beech, Ash, Hazel, and Spruce. 

 The district being a limestone one, we naturally expected a 

 large list, and in this we were not disappointed, fifty-eight 

 species being recorded in the five hours at our disposal. 



iiTh September. — Haying been told that on Tuesdays 

 visitors could have a longer stay on Aran than on any other 

 day, we chose this one for our excursion to the islands, but to 

 our keen disappointment the boat called at both of the smaller 

 islands, leaving us only three hours in which to explore Inish- 

 more. On landing, the party divided, Messrs. Collier, Standen, 

 and Wright making for Killeany, where the large H nenioralis 

 are found, while Dr. Chaster and myself w T orked northwards, 

 hoping to reach Dr. Scharff's habitat for Vertigo mouliusiana\ 

 but our time was much too short to allow of this. The Aran 

 Islands, although belonging politically to Galwa}^, come — 

 according to Mr. Praeger's division of Ireland — under County 

 Clare, owing to their geology being so similar to that of the 

 Burren or limestone area which, covers the northern portion 

 of that county. Twenty-nine species were taken on Inish- 

 more, the most noteworthy being Helix rupestris, var. virides- 

 eenti-alba, Hydrobia ventrosa, and H. Jenkinsi, which latter 

 occurred in a small lake near Kilronan, it evidently having 

 some subterranean connection with the sea. 



12TH September was spent in working the six or seven 

 miles of country lying between the stations of Ross and Moy- 

 cullen, which includes several small areas of old natural wood 

 along the northern shore of Lough Ross. Here, as at Kilbeg, 

 man} 7 species were taken on the trunks of the trees, and it 

 seemed strange to collect from there such shells as Pupa 

 auglica, when their usual habitat is in marshy ground or under 

 dead leaves. A keen look-out was kept for Vertigo Lilljeborgi, 

 but it did not turn up, the best finds for the day being— Helix 

 I am el lot a, H.Jusca, Pupa anglica, Plauorbis glaber, P. vortex, 

 Neritina fluviatilis, Acme lineata, and Anodonta cygucea. 



13TH September. — A drive to Clare-Galway Abbey, via 

 Ballindooley castle and lough, comprised this day's work. In 

 a peaty drain below the castle Dr. Chaster discovered 



