It) 1 5- ^rELi'OX.—.^/o//mm of D'nigle PromoJitory^ 25 



marshes at Stradbally ; and in a marsh near Cloghane (Tomlin). 

 This species must be considered rare in the promontory, and was not 

 seen by me at all on my last visit. 



Milax Sowerbyi (Fer.). — Mainly in the neighbourhood of dwellings or 

 plantations, but probably native. The prevailing form is very dark, 

 with a reddish orange keel, thus differing from the form which is so 

 abundant in gardens about Belfast and other towns in Ulster. In 

 most of the latter stations the species is almost certainly an intro- 

 duction. The places in the district where I have taken this slug 

 are as follows : — Burnham and " The Grove," at Dingle ; Gallerus ; 

 Ballintaggart, near Dingle ; Fermoyle ; and at the foot of the gorge 

 of the Finglass River. 



M. gagates (Drap.). — (T.) — The presence of this slug on the Gt. Blasket 

 and on Beginish removes it at once from the suspicion of being an 

 alien. Mr. Tomlin records it from Cloghane — both the type and var. 

 rma — where I have seen it also. It is not, however, nearly so generally 

 distributed as in some other districts on the west coast, such as West 

 Mayo, and the only other habitats 1 can record for it are at Gallerus, 

 \'entry, Stradbally, and Ferriter's Cove. The specimen previously re- 

 ported by me from the summit of Brandon Mountain^ has, I regret, 

 turned out to be Limax arborum, var. riipicola ; at the time both 

 Mr. Welch and I were certain that it belonged to the present species. 



Vitrina pellucida (Miiller). — (T.) — Between 900 and 1,200 feet, on Knock - 

 nabreestee cliffs, at Brandon Head ; Gallerus, and on the sandhills 

 round Smerwick Bay ; Fermoyle ; Carrigblagher cliffs. Lough Anscaul ; 

 on the dunes near Castlegregory ; on the Gt. Blasket and on Beginish ; 

 and recorded by Mr. Tomlin from the neighbourhood of Cloghane. 

 The examples from Smerwick are small, yellowish, and very globose, 

 which is, I think, the prevailing form in the district. This shell must 

 be regarded as distinctly rare on the promontory. 



Hyalinia cellaria (Midler). — (T.) — More generally distributed than in any 

 other district I have worked in the west of Ireland. Particularly 

 common and large on some of the cliffs ; to 800 feet on the Great 

 Blasket ; at about 500 feet on the cliffs above Doon ; and several 

 shells were taken at about 1,200 feet on Knocknabreestee cliffs, at 

 Brandon Head. This last is the highest record I possess for the species 

 in Ireland. All the specimens belong to the Vitrea hihernica of 

 Kennard. 



H. alliaria (Miller). — (T.) — Generally distributed ; found on the Great 



Blasket and on Beginish ; and occurs to the summit of Brandon 



Mountain, 3,127 feet above sea. 

 H. nitidula (Drap.). — (T.) — The type is widely distributed, and var. helmi 



was taken at Fermoyle and on the cliffs west of Lough Anscaul. Both 



forms occurred on the Great Blasket. 

 H. pura (x\lder), — (T.) — Common on the promontory and also on the Gt. 



Blasket. Two specimens of a rather peculiar form, with raised spire, 



small umbilicus, and a polished surface, were taken on the cliffs at 



Connor Hill at 1,300 feet, 



^Proc. R. Irish Acad., vol. xxix., sect. B., No. 3, p. 75. 

 . Ihid vol. xxxi., part 23, p. 48. 



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