Mayo Ireland

Mayo, a county of Ireland, province of Connaught, bounded E by Roscommon, S by Galway, W and N by the Atlantic, and NE by Sligo, containing 796,000 acres, divided into 68 parishes. It sends 2 members to parliament. The W coast is mountainous, and thinly inhabited; but the interior produces excellent pasturage, and is watered by several lakes and rivers. Mayo has many historical connections including the “Ceide Fields” which contains many Stone Age tombs and monuments.

Mayo’s chief town is Castlebar.

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Geomalacus maculosus.-Ireland, extreme south- west. Great Britain, absent. elsewhere, N.W. Spain, Portugal. This is the famous Spotted Slug of Kerry. beetles. Pelophila borealis.- ireland, western half. Great Britain, Orkneys. elsewhere, sub-arctic Europe. A little black ground-beetle found on lake shores.

Otiorrhynchus auropunctatus.-Ireland, coast from Wicklow to Donegal. Great Britain, unknown. elsewhere, Pyrenees and Auvergne. A handsome species.

Spiders. Tegenaria hibernica, the Dublin House Spider.-ireland, Dublin district mainly, also in the west and south. Unknown elsewhere, but nearly related to a Pyrencan species.

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