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these creatures could not make their way across the sea, and must therefore 

 have taken up their abode while the island was still part of the mainland. 



I have to thank Mr. C. M. Selbie, B.Sc, of the National Museum for 

 kind assistance in the determination of these species, and the gentlemen 

 mentioned below for collecting specimens. 



I have used the following abbreviations of the names of those who 

 collected in the Clare Island district : — 



F— N. H. Foster. P.— E. Lloyd Praeger. 



H.— J. N. Halbert. S.— A. W. Stelfox. 



J.— W. F. Johnson. W— E. Welch. 

 K— H. Wallis Kew. 



Class MYEIAPODA Leach. 



Order Chilopoda Latreille. 



Family Lithobiidae Newport. 



Lithobius forficatus Linne. — Clare Island (J. & K.). Westport (H.). 



Belclare (F.). Bills Bocks, 50-120 ft., in Puffin's nest (P. & W.). 

 L. variegatus Leach. — Clare Island (J.). Inishbofin (P.). 

 L. melanops Newport. — Clare Island (K.). Knappagh Wood, Westport (H.). 

 Lamyctes (Henicops) fulvicornis Meinert. — Clare Island (J.). Inishturk (W.). 



Family Geophilidae Leach. 



Geophilus carpophagus Leach {condylogasUr Latzel). — Clare Island (J.). 



Belclare (F.). 

 Linotaenia maritima Leach. — Clare Island (K.). Mweelaun (P.). Belclare (F.). 

 Schendyla submarina Grube. — Clare Island (K.). 

 S. nemorensis C. Koch. — Clare Island (K.). 



Order Diplopoda Gervais. 

 Family Glomeridae Leach. 



Glomeris marginata Villers.— Clare Island, on Croaghmore at 1000-1300 ft. 

 on north side (W.); wood at Portlea and near Lough Avullin (K.). 



