Summary1The Oribatid fauna of Kinder Scout, a 2000‐ft plateau in Derbyshire, has been investigated and a faunal list is given.2Calyptozetes sarekensis(Trägårdh, 1910), a genus and species new to the British fauna, is reported present on Kinder Scout. This is the second ‘arctic’ form found in this locality, a report onPlatynothrus punctatus(L. Koch, 1879) having been given by the author in an earlier paper.3The problem of the discontinuous distribution of these forms is discussed. The ‘wind‐dispersal’ theory, as an explanation of their discontinuous distribution, is rejected on the grounds that there is insufficient evidence to support the view that Oribatci do, in fact, undergo dispersal by wind. An alternative hypothesis, that these forms represent a relict fauna of the Pleistocene Ice Age, is preferred