128 The Irish Naturalist. July, 
own that during the Hfe-time of the captured specimen this 
process of examination may attract few, if any, sportsmen. 
Even dead cats are not pleasant to handle, and I would 
suggest that any cats infesting rabbit-warrens in the more 
remote parts of Ireland, which have to be killed, should be 
immediately forwarded to me for examination. The 
postage and incidental expenses will be refunded, if desired. 
I believe the Irish Wild Cat much resembled the ordinary 
domestic tabby cat, that it had a pointed tail which was 
black at the tip, that it was grey in colour with dark trans- 
verse markings on the limbs, and less so on the body. It 
is quite possible, as I mentioned before, that a true Wild Cat 
still exists in Ireland, and I trust the readers of the Iris^h 
Naturalist will help me to solve this problem. 
National Museum, Dublin. 
NOTES ON IRISH MYRIAPODA. 
BY REV. W. F. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S. 
So little is known about Irish Myriapoda that I make 
no apology for recording the very commonest species. 
Thirty -six species have up to the present been recorded 
as occurring in Ireland, to these I am able to add seven, 
and these I have marked with an asterisk in the list which 
follows. ^Two genera of Myriapoda are only too well 
known to gardeners, viz., the long narrow, yellow centipede, 
Geophilus, and the round black milHpede, Julus. Both 
are injurious to plants, attacking the roots, and war is 
consequently waged upon them. Another genus, how- 
ever, which is pretty common about gardens is not in- 
jurious, being carnivorous ; this is Lithobius, the broad 
flat centipede. I shall be much obliged for specimens of 
Myriapoda of any kind. They can be sent either in 
spirits of wine or in moss in a tin box. Of the locaHties 
mentioned below — Dromantine is in the County Down 
about three miles from this. Acton Wood, Demoan Wood 
and the canal bank are all near Poyntzpass, and in County 
Armagh. 
