Mollusca from the Great Saltee IslandAuthor(s): R. Ll. PraegerSource: The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 22, No. 11 (Nov., 1913), p. 218Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25524179 .

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2l8 The Jrish Naturalist November,

Interesting Hepatics from Co; Kerry.

In July, 1913,.Mr. Praeger sent me two Hepatics found by him near

Brandon Mountain, in Iveragh, Co> Kerry, which were so unusual that

I sent them to Mr. Macvicar, of Invermoidart, for his opinion. One,

wbich forms tufts in several feet of water on the sandy bottom of Lough

Doon, near Connor. Pass, I took for a iorm of Scapania undulata. I have

gathered a similar plant in pools on Carlingford Mountain, in Co. Louth.

On this Kerry plant, Mr. Macvicar writes \~' I consider the submerged

Scapania as rather belonging to 5. dentata than to 5. undulata."

The other plant grew on the bottom of the highest tarn on Brandon

Mountain at an altitude of 2,500 feet, where it forms patches in three to

six feet of water, Mr. Macvicar says of this :?-".The Aneura is most

curious ; the thallus is 7-9 or more cells in thickness. I am inclined to

place it to A. pinguis as a submerged form. The colour and crispness seem to belong to that species."

H. W. Lett.

Loughbrickland, Co. Down.

Helvella crispa in Co. Donegal.

Mr. W. E. Hart forwards, a fine specimen of Helvetia crispa found by Miss Mary Colgan at Kilderry, Co. Donegal. Mr. Hart reports that the

fungus is of frequent occurrence at that place. The only previous Ulster

records appear to be from Down (Waddell) and Armagh (Lett), in Canon

Lett's paper on the Fungi of N.E. Ireland in the Proceedings of the Belfast

Field Club. 'Mr. A. D. Cotton, of Kew, kindly confirmed Mr. Hart's

identification.

Dublin. R, Ll. Praeger.

ZOOLOGY.

Mollusca from the Great Saltee Island.

Mr. Stelfox asked me to collect mollusca during my visit to the Saltees

last June/ I was too much occupied to pay much attention to this

group, but sent the few I got to Mr. Stelfox, who suggests the publication 6f the names:?Limax arborum var. maculata, Roebuck* L. maximus, Agrio limax agrestis, Arion intermedius (dark grey form), Pyramidula rotundata,

Hygromia hispida (flat "

eastern "

form), Helicella virgata (same form as

occurs on mainland of Wexford), Helix nemoralis, Pupa cylindracea.

Dublin. R. Ll. Praeger.

Black Tern on Migration at Tuskar Light-station.

On August 31st, at 1 a.m., a Black Tern was picked up on the balcony of the Tuskar lighthouse by Mr. Glanville, and kindly forwarded to me

in the flesh.

C. J. Patten.

University, Sheffield.

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