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The Irish yaliiralist. 



August, 



Ena Obscura Miill. — This interesting species, whose Irish distribution 

 like that of Helix hortensis is chiefiy eastern, is very rare in Gahvay. 

 I have taken it sparingly on a wall near Portumna, and under stones 

 on a bank near Ballinasloe. In the glen at the Punch Bowl near 

 Lough Cutra I found numerous individuals as late as October 28 

 (191 1 ) resting on the trunks of beech, sycamore, and oak at various 

 heights up to fifteen feet. 



Cochlicopa lubrica ^liill. — Generally distributed, usually of a ra.ther 

 small form. Var. lubricoides is frequent. The white form, var. 

 alhina, was found near Portumna. 



Caecilioides acicula Miill. — Local and rare. Fairly plentiful on an esker 

 at Balhnasloe. Sparingly under stones at Coole near Gort. Many 

 specimens on caddis-cases in an outlet of Lough Brick near Loughrea. 



Pupa anglica Ferussac. — Frequent in woods and by lake shores. Plentiful 

 in woods at Woodford, Portumna, Coole, Garbally, Dalystown, and 

 Dunsandle. Abundant on the trunks of beech trees near Lough 

 Cutra early in November, 191 1. . Under stones and rejectamenta 

 on the shores of Loughs Derg, Rea, and Cutra, also on Church Island 

 in Lough Derg. Var. alha occurs sparingly in the Woodford woods. 



P. cylindracea Da Costa. — Abundant ever\'Avhere. Varies in size, vars. 

 curta and gracilis frequently occur with typical specimens. Brown- 

 lipped and edentate specimens are not uncommon. Var. albina was 

 taken in Portumna demesne. 



P. muscomm L. — A local species. Plentiful by the sea on limestone 

 rocks at Oranmore and Kinvarra. In flood debris at Kilcolgan. 

 Under stones in a quarry and by the canal near Ballinasloe, and by 

 Lough Derg in Portumna demesne. \'ar. ede^itula is the prevailing 

 form, t\-pical specimens being quite rare. 



Vertigo antivertigo Drap. — Widely distributed in marshes, and by the 

 shores of lakes and rivers. Seen near Portumna, Gort, Loughrea, 

 Ballinasloe, Lough Atorick, Oranmore, Kilcolgan, and many other 

 places. 



V. substriata Jeffreys. — Apparently rare. Taken only in woods at 

 Woodford and Coole. 



V. pygmaea Drap. — The commonest member of the genus, and distri- 

 buted over the whole district, particularly on the limestone. On the 

 lake shores it occurs under logs and other drift. Exceedingly abun- 

 dant in the rejectamenta of the annual floods at Coole. It varies 

 considerably in size. A rather large glossy form of this species, 

 found by Lough Coole near Gort has been erroneously recorded as V. 

 moulinsiana in the Journal of Conchology, Vol. XIIL, page 318, 1912. 



V. pusilla Mull. — Very local and rare. This little shell, though abundant 

 as a fossil in some Irish sand-dunes, has very rarely been seen in a living 

 state in Ireland. In 1909 I found a large colony living among loose 

 stones on a tree-shaded wall near Portumna, associated with Ena 

 obscura, Balea perversa, Clausilia bidentafa, Vallonia pulchella, 

 Pyramidiila rupestris and other species. So abundant is it there that 

 I have taken over one hundred specimens in an hour. I have also 

 found it very sparingly among decaying leaves in a wood at Coole, 



