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122. 9.11.38 cont. Slade of Saggart, DU., cont. Procto: only one kept from 1 & 1 from 2. = 13th Nov. 1938. A poor day with conflicting SW & SE winds, bright intervals with hot sun, & heavy shower at 5 P.M. After a very wet night Drove to Portrane (N. of Asylum) & walked N. along strand to pont of The Burrow (facing Rogerstown Pier!) where had lunch; then walked up estuary shore for a mile & back via the Burrow. Daisy got many mushrooms & we saw plenty of Helix pisana & the Myxo. Spumaria alba on dunes. Did not collect insects, but flies very numerous at the point, in shelter, at H. Tide level & was bitten by Stomonys there. 123. 16th Nov. 1938. After a wet night & forenoon, cleared in afternoon, so went to Glenasmole, where river in spate but pleasant & much drier under foot than expected. Did not collect, but saw 1 freshly emerged ♀ Bombus agrorum sitting on flower of Knapweed & very miserable: carried her on my hand back to near Moore's where put her on a stone-built bank beside path & saw her run into crevice quite lively & cheery. Glenasmole, Co. DU. 3.0 till 4.0 P.M. Bombus agrorum 1♀ on Knapweed flower near head of upper reservoir, W. side. Stenomacrus ventralis several ♀♀ running about on laurel leaves near Moore's. Garden, 14 Clareville Rd., Harold's Cross, DU. On 14th Nov. 38 Daisy discovered a Small White Butterfly on a Chrysanthemum flower in garden, which hidden under a leaf was still there on evening of 16th; but not seen afterwards. Sex uncertain, as wings tightly closed!
Transcription Notes:
spate - a sudden flood in river