148 The Irish Naturalist. Sept., 
Millipede. 
fclACAfVATi (6), ? CAHlee-cof AC (6), co|\|\ACofA6 (6). 
The Scotch-Gaelic words are cailleach-chaosach and corra- 
chosach, according to Forbes. 
Mite (fen jog). 
■pineo^ (6), cnuirh (7), cntnfheog (7), pjM^ (7), mAnCntiiti (6). 
The last word has been translated by " Cheese-mite," but 
it probably means " Cheese-maggot." The word p^Mj has 
been used for Mite, Maggot, and Fleshworm. (Compare Maggot). 
Moth (Ijo-an). 
leAttiAfi (1), te^'Otn or le^'OtnAn (7), CAunriA (9), cAi/OA, CAnnA, 
cAfiA (6), tniot c|Aion (6), iniot cfionriA (7) turn (-1), T)eAt)mAnn 
or •oeA'6-mon (6), cu-pnT)A (6). 
Clothes-moth — -ojAoC (6). 
Murrain-worm (see Caterpillar). 
Mussel (duljiken). 
t)uaicm (7), t)ut)ticin (3), fUo^An -out) (7), •penf^An (6), lAfc-dn 
(7). 
River or Pearl Mussel (shligan njaevin) — ftiojAn n^ArhAinn (7). 
Octopus (see Cuttle-fish). 
Oyster (eshira). 
oift^e (7), oifi|Ae (6), eip|v (6), uifi|Ae (6), eifci]A (7). 
Parasite on Cattle (bulagadan bo). 
bot5AT)An bo (7). 
I cannot ascertain what particular parasite this word refers to_ 
Pearl Mussel (see Mussel). 
Pen-fish (see Cuttlefish). 
Periwinkle (faechan). 
-pAoCAn (3), pAocAn (3), -pAoC (7), -pAocOg (7), -piocO^ (1), 
T)Aoco5 (6), piotAn (4), ^lopA'OAn (7), 5iA|ACAn (7), 5i|\AC<.\n (6), 
T)AoC (6), tncAnjAn (7), mion^An (7), tnionjoj (7), CAjAbAiftieAC 
(Kerry 7). 
The Periwinkle having since remote times been used ex- 
tensively as food in Ireland, it is not surprising that there should 
be so many Irish words for this shell. 
