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Leptyphaiitcs pallidus ; new to the Irish fauna ; Mr. Carpenter 

 tells me it is a rare species which has been found by 

 Pickard-Cambridge in Dorsetshire, at roots of heather ; 

 also in caves in France and Bavaria ; unlike the former 

 species it has large eyes. Both these species occurred 

 in the driest parts of the cave, under stones, and one 

 or two specimens (? species) in webs among the boulders, 



Myriapoda. 

 Brachydesmtis sjipcrus; found also in some of the Knniskillen 

 caves. 



C0I.LKMB0I,A. 



Tomoccrus trident if cms; see remarks on this species under 

 Coolarkin Cave. 



Sinella cavernicola ; occurred everywhere ; on the whole 

 I found this species frequenting drier spots than the 

 Lipura. Mr. Carpenter tells me that my series of 

 Si7iella shows the species to be very variable in its an- 

 tennal joints. 



Lipura Wrightii ; in almost every nook and corner of the 

 cave, dry or damp, outnumbering all the other species. 



Bekti^ks. 



Ancyropho}ns omaliniis; mentioned before, probably washed 



in. 

 Trechus micros ; taken alive under stones. 



Besides these '' natives " of the cave, as with the exception 

 of Ancyrophoriis they may all more or less be called, I found a 

 frog, a specimen of Pterostichus vulgaris (beetle), and a fungus 

 midge belonging to the genus Sciara ; these had evidently 

 wandered in, and got lost in the darkness. 



A small mollusc, taken in some numbers, has been identified 

 b}^ Dr. Scharff as Hyalina co7ttracfa, this is the second British 

 record ; first found at Killarney by Dr. Scharfi" ; occurs in 

 Sweden, Germany, France, and Switzerland ; all the members 

 of this genus live in concealed localities. 



When an attempt is made to group together the various 

 animals collected at Knniskillen and Mitchelstown, in relation 

 to the physical conditions of the caves they were found in, it 

 appears that they fall into several divisions. 



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