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Phii.i,ips. — Hclicig07ia lapicida in heland. 
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HELICIGONA LAPICIDA IN IRELAND. 
BY R. A. PHILLIPS, M.R.I. A. 
Early in November last I was informed by Mr. E. 
Collier, of Manchester, that Mr. L. E. Adams had sent him 
specimens of H, lapicida, L., reported to have been collected 
in Ireland, along with a short paper, to be read at the 
forthcoming meeting of the Conchological Society on 
November I2th, saying that they had been taken at Carrig- 
a-brick Castle, near Fermoy, Co. Cork, forty-two years 
ago by Mr. E. Dukinfield Jones, of Reigate. Through 
the kindness of Mr. Jones, the specimens have been de- 
posited in the National Museum, Dublin. 
In order to verify this report and see if the mollusk 
still lives in the locality, I visited Carrig-a-brick a few 
days after receiving Mr. Collier's letter, and was very 
pleased to find, after a short hunt, three living and two 
dead specimens under stones by a wall at the edge of the 
wood near the castle associated with Hyalinia cellaria, 
H. lucida, Arion hortensis, A. intermedius, Hygromia ru- 
fescens, H. hispida, Pupa cylindracea and Clausilia hidentata. 
Mr. Jones states that he also found Ena montana in 
the Fermoy district at the same time, but, probably owing 
to the short time at my disposal and the lateness of the 
season, I found no trace of that species. 
These two shells are widely distributed on the Continent, 
occurring also in England, chiefly in the southern counties, 
and are most interesting additions to the known fauna 
of Ireland. 
Mr. Collier writes me that Mr. E. Dukinfield Jones is 
an entomologist, and only collected a few shells when he 
came across them in his rambles, and, so, this record was 
not made public until Mr. Adams, who also lives in Reigate, 
made his acquaintance and during conversation, got the 
uews from Mr. Jones. 
