19 1 5- Stklfox. — Molliisca of Dingle Promontoyy. 27 



A. circumscriptus Johnston. — (T.) — Burnham, Knockavrogecn church- 

 yard, and The Grove, near Dingle ; on the chfts of Carrigblagher and 

 Connor Hill to 1,400 feet ; Cloghane, Finglass River, and in Kil- 

 cummin woods. Unlike the last species, this occurs frequently in 

 uncultivated ground, and is certainly native ; but, as generall)' is 

 the case in western districts, it is very local. 



Punctum pygmaeum (Drap.). — (T.) — Taken sparingly at Glenlahan on 

 Slea Head ; by the old church on the dunes at \^entry Bay ; at Strad- 

 bally marsh ; Fermojde and Kilcummin woods, and near Cloghane. 

 Mr. Tomlin reports its occurrence near the latter village. 



Sphyradium edentulum (Drap.).— (T.) — Taken commonly by Mr. Tomlin 

 when sweeping for coleoptera near Cloghane ; and by me at 200-500 

 feet on Carrigblagher cliffs ; at between 900-1,200 feet on Knockna- 

 breestee cliffs, Brandon Head ; at 1,300 feet on the cliffs at Connor 

 Hill ; at Fermoyle, Gallerus, and on the Gt. Blasket. In the latest 

 work on the nomenclature of British L. and F. W. Shells, by Messrs. 

 Kennard and Woodward, this species is once more placed among 

 t he \'ertiginidae and under the new name of Columella edeyititla. 



Pyramidula rupestris (Drap.). — Thanks to the presence of limestone in the 

 Boulder -clay along the southern shore of Tralee Bay, this species 

 finds a habitat near Castle gregory Junction. It is no doubt prevalent 

 in this neighbourhood between the railway and the sea. 



P. rotondata (Miiller). — (T.)— \'ery common on the Blaskets and in the 

 lower parts of the mainland, and ascends to 1,400 feet on the cliffs 

 at Connor Hill. Its apparent absence from the cliffs on Brandon 

 Mountain is unaccountable. 



Helicella virgata (Da Costa).— Abundant on all the dunes at the western 

 end of the promontory — Ventry, Dunquin, Ferriter's Cove, and 

 Smerwick — and also lives near Lough Naparka, north of Castle - 

 gregory, and on the Great Blasket. It appears absent, however, from 

 the great dunes at Inch, from Dingle, and from the dunes between 

 Castlegregor}' and Cloghane. West of Smerwick, towards Sybil Head, 

 this shell ascends to about 2 50 feet, where blown sand has invaded the 

 heath}-^ area. As a general rule specimens are small, banded or plain 

 yellowish brown in colour ; but at \'entry and Ferriter's Cove some 

 \'ery large specimens are to be met with. At \'entry also it shoA\ s 

 great colour variation, the vars. nigrescens, alba, and leucozona being 

 quite common, with var, radiata and the common forms mentioned 

 above. At Smerwick Bay the white -shelled variet\- formed a great 

 colony on the dunes below Gallerus. 



H. itala (F.) — (T.). — Common in all the habitats mentioned for H. virgata 

 and also occurs at Inch, Dmgie, Cloghane, and Stradbally. Mr. 

 Tomlin records the vars. instabilis and leucozona from the last locality, 

 and these are the prevailing forms throughout the promontory. On 

 the Gt. Blasket the form of this shell differs from any I have taken 

 elsewhere in Ireland, the coiling of the last whorl being quite excentric. 



H. intersecta (Poiret) = /-/. caperata Mont. — (T.) — Like H. itala, the form 

 of this species taken on the Gt. Blasket shows slight insular pecu- 

 liarities, being ycry compact, with a minute umbilicus and sharply 



