. The Irish naturalist . , andhad the good fortune to escape being swallowed up. This incidentmust have made a strong impression upon the inhabitants of the dis-trict, for it is still talked about, and I have heard the older people, inalluding to some particular event in local history, date from theslipping of Pilling Moss. R Standen. Irish Natikamst, VI. [Platk }CMliOI,A FROM CaVP:. [To face p. 225.] Sept., 1897.] 225 THE COIvLEMBOIvA OF CAVE. [Report on Material collected for the Flora and Fauna Committee.] BY GEORGE H. CARPENTER, [Pla
. The Irish naturalist . , andhad the good fortune to escape being swallowed up. This incidentmust have made a strong impression upon the inhabitants of the dis-trict, for it is still talked about, and I have heard the older people, inalluding to some particular event in local history, date from theslipping of Pilling Moss. R Standen. Irish Natikamst, VI. [Platk }CMliOI,A FROM CaVP:. [To face p. 225.] Sept., 1897.] 225 THE COIvLEMBOIvA OF CAVE. [Report on Material collected for the Flora and Fauna Committee.] BY GEORGE H. CARPENTER, [Plate 2.] Two years ago in a paper (i) read before the DublinNaturalists Field Club, I described two species of Collem-bola from the famous cavern of Mitchelstown. SubsequentlyMr. H. L,. Jameson visited the cave and, during an explorationof several hours, obtained a large series of specimens of itsinsect inhabitants. He gave an account of his expeditionbefore the Dublin Club, and published a short list of thevarious species observed, with some suggestive remarks as totheir varying degrees of adaptation to cave life (2). Thespecimens which he collected were far more numerous thanthose obtained by the members of the united Field Clubs in1894 ^^^ described in my former paper; while a large pro-portion of his material was in very good condition. I have,for some time past
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