2 The Irish Naturalist. January, 



third party visited the island, consisting of R. Welch (photo- 

 gr.iphy), R. Southern (Worms), Miss Knowles (Phanerogams), 

 and also G. E. Low, J. N. Halbert, and R. LI. Praeger, who 

 continued work at their several groups. Before the year 

 closed, Scharff, Halbert, M'Ardle, Seymour, Low, Hindi, 

 and Praeger revisited the island to complete their observations, 

 and in addition D. R. Pack-Beresford spent some days collect- 

 ing Arachnida and Isopoda. On all the occasions mentioned 

 the naturalists were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Baring, for 

 whose hospitality, helpfulness, and keen interest in their work, 

 they find it very hard to express their deep obligation. 



Most of the collectors have worked out their own material, 

 but in a few instances assistance was called in, and thanks are 

 due to several naturalists for the willing aid they rendered with 

 regard to various groups, especially to Joseph Wright, F.G.S. 

 (Foraminifera, lecent and fossil), and to Robert Kirkpatrick 

 (Sponges). 



As regards the marine collections, no effort was made to 

 explore the \vaters surrounding the island. A few scrapes of 

 the dredge were indeed taken inshore on the west and north 

 coasts, and the results included in the lists ; but the limit 

 which we appointed for our work was, with these exceptions, 

 the limit which could be reached by shore-collecting. 



The main object of our work on Lambay was simply the 

 study of aii island fauna and flora, and while as a contribution to 

 that subject we hoped that our results might possess some 

 general interest, we did not anticipate that the actual species 

 inhabiting Lambay would furnish distributional records of 

 more than purely local value. The results, however, in this 

 direction prove i hat we were wrong. Five Lambay species 

 (three worms, a mite, and a bristletail) are new to science ; 

 twelve other animals are additions to the Britannic fauna. The 

 addition:, to the fauna and flora of Ireland recorded below total 

 between £o and 90 species, and while some of these additions 

 result from the study of groups which have hitherto been 

 almost unworked in this country (such as the Oligochaeta 

 and Oribatidae), in many other cases additions are now made 

 to groups of which the Irish list may be regarded as tolerably 

 complete. 



