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27. 19.10.42, Cont. Lugnacullia, WI., cont. Sax. umbrosa cliff at 1700 N alt. Also took one small spider at cairn on summit but did not collect any insects except the coleoptera. Coming over Cloghenagh we flushed a flock of birds which I think were Golden Plover in winter plumage, very white underneath & some cried Pee-ewe. 20th. Oct. 1942 A fine day, but fresher & colder than 19th. Wind more N.W. A few clouds otherwise all sunny after 12 noon, but misty rain at 9 A.M. left all grass &c. in open dripping, so that sweeping only possible under trees. Set some insects & walked a mile down valley before lunch, but did not collect, saw Vespa vulgaris at Fuschia flower & 1☿ Bombus lucorum. In afternoon went to Drumgoff Brook & after showing Miss Shackelton (or Carlow) where the Filmy fern, Hym. peltatum grew, collected till nearly 6 P. M. Saw Hypericum elodes in marsh just E. of the brook 28. 20.10.42, cont. 1 = Drumgoff Brook (glen at foot of !) WI. 2 = Roadside on way home between 1 & ((ft?))old barracks. Insects take at 1: Drumgoff Brook. [25 insects mounted from 1 & these labelled 24.12.1944!] Cryptonids: 7, including:- Pezomachus ♀︎, ant. 19. P. ♀︎ ant. 20 Hemiteles 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 23. H. ♀︎, ant. 20. H. ♀︎ ant. 21 Microcryptus nigrocinctus ♀︎, ant. 22. Orthocentrus protuberans ♀︎, ant. 31. Stenomacrus ventralis ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ abundant. St. ridibundus √ 1♂︎. St. cubiceps? [[strikethrough]] ♂︎ & [[/strikethrough]] ♀︎, ant. 24. St. cf. merula ♂︎, ant. 28. St. laricis ♀︎. Exochus decoratus 1 beautiful ♂︎? ant. 29.