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The Irish Naturalist. 



Having now spent more than a fortnight collecting in 

 the vicinity of Killarney, I suggested to Mr. Janson that 

 we should take a trip round the coast, and to this he readily 

 agreed. Unfortunately we soon learned that public con- 

 veyances were only running part of the way. I solved my 

 part of the difficulty by hiring a bicycle, and Mr. Janson 

 determined to go as far as train and coach would allow. 

 On June i8th, therefore, we started for Kenmare, I on the 

 bicycle and my friend by train. I had hardly got half way 

 when bang went one of the tyres and nothing to mend it 

 with ! I was lucky, however, in meeting two countrymen 

 with bicycles near the Windy Gap who soon repaired the 

 damage and could not be prevailed upon to accept anything 

 for their trouble. At Kenmare two days were spent and 

 most of the time was devoted to collecting, but with rather 

 poor results ; some stone-turning near the head of the 

 Sound produced Carahus clathratus (remains only) and a 

 few common ground-beetles and " staphs." A few miles 

 south of the town on the banks of the Sheen River near a 

 bridge, while searching unsuccessfully for the rare Chlaenius 

 holosericeus, I found in the shingle a specimen of Bembidium 

 monticola and several of the much commoner B. decorum. 

 The bicycle being now thoroughly overhauled, I started for 

 Sneem early in the afternoon of June 20th ; and Mr. Janson 

 having found a motor-car, left an hour or two later and 

 passed me on the road near Parknasilla struggling against 

 a strong head-wind. Comfortable accommodation was 

 found in Sneem at Sheehan's Hotel. I only stayed the 

 night, however, being anxious to get on to Waterville, but 

 Mr. Janson remained there a couple of days though he 

 would have preferred to have come on with me had it been 

 possible. I therefore continued the remainder of my journey 

 alone. A few miles west of Sneem I found a specimen of 

 Carabus clathratus running across the road, and dismounting 

 from the bicycle, I made a search for more hereabouts but 

 without success. At Waterville I put up at the Bay View 

 Hotel, which I found quite satisfactory and can heartily 

 recommend. I stopped two days in this charming watering- 

 place and did a good deal of collecting both by the sea 

 and round Lough Curraun. Near the sea-shore under 



