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199. 4th June 1942. The first really hot day & with only a gentle breeze (NW-W). Nearly all sunny. In morning collected a few insects along cliffs N. of quay, as on 3rd. In afternoon rode on bikes to Laghta Eighter, about 5-6 miles up the Bunowen, climbed up outfall of glacial overflow-channel to west of gap through which said river now flows out of inner valley & drains several [[?cosries]] , including Lug-a-v'Braun; then went up to summit of hill 1287 to west of channel & back along its N. face. Found the outfall of channel filled with Sax. umbrosa & both Filmy Ferns growing in profusion, but no other plants of any interest, except a little Empetrum nigrum on cracks of face at NW corner of hill also saw some nice patches of Antennaria dioica & on summit a little Empetrum. Migrant butterflies seen at various places on roadside, on hill side & on summit watched 3 Red Admirals & 1 Painted Lady chasing each other, also saw on summit one Libellula IV-maculata & one Wall Butterfly. 200. 4th June 1942, cont. Cliffs, just N. of quay, Old Mead, Co. WM. [5 insects mounted & these labelled 19.3.1944! AWS.] Humming-bird Hawk-moth watched; & on return to hotel Red Admiral butterflies seen in several places, including an assembly of 4 on trunk of a large tree by stream. Six-spot Burnet (1) first seen. Two icks only mounted from the mornings catch:- Cryptinid ♂︎, red. abd., 25-seg. ant. Phytodictus segmentator? ♀︎, long terebra, ant. 34. Omorga faunus ♀︎, ant. 33. Pompilus nigerrimus ♂︎ on cliffs. Halictus villosulus ♀︎.