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me permission to collect on his private grounds consisting 
of a well -wooded valley with a small river rmming through 
it and coming out on the coast into a sandy cove about a 
quarter of a mile across ; one of the few breaks in the series 
of high cliffs that form so grand a feature of the scenery of 
this part of the coast. 
The records of my first two visits emphasise the great 
difference due to favourable weather or the reverse, and the 
danger of judging a locality on a single visit. In 1906 the 
weather w^as fine and warm during the whole of my stay ; 
in 1907 there were showers almost every day either in the 
morning or afternoon, a general lack of sunshine, and a 
low^ temperature, and whereas in 1906 I had taken examples 
of 7 species of the genus Syrphus, and in 1901 Col. Yerbury 
had met with 14 species, in 1907 I did not see a single 
specimen of that genus. The unfavourable weather con- 
ditions were also probably responsible for the absence of 
those Tabanidae which were noted b}^ Col. Yerbury as 
abundant at Kenmare in 1901 at the same time of the 
year as m}^ visit in 1907. In this latter year the Umbelli- 
ferae heads, usually so favourite a resort for Diptera, were 
devoid of all but the very commonest species, such as 
Empis tessellata and Lucilia caesar, and not unfrequently 
even these were absent. Speaking generally, the Anthomy- 
idae and Dolichopodidae seemed less susceptible to the 
weather than the other families to which I paid attention, 
and I again noticed this fact in regard to the Anthomyidae 
on my visit to Glengarriff in 191 1, when I only got three 
days collecting out of the six of my stay. 
In the following lists the nomenclature, excepting in the 
Tachinidae, is based on Mr. Verrall's " List " of 1901. S.— 
Stradbally ; = Kenmare ; G. Glengarriff. The year 
only is given, the other dates being already mentioned in 
my prefatory remarks. The great majority of the insects 
are in my own collection with the exception of the Tachi- 
nidae, which were handed over to Mr. C. J. WainwTight. 
Those species mentioned in Col. Yerbury's list of 1901 are 
marked with an asterisk. 
