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25th Oct 1942.  

Not a bad day after a wet morning, with snow-cap on "Kellystown", which name I find is locally applied to the higher & more western "Cloghernagh" of the Ord. Map (alt. 2,621 ft.).  In forenoon again walked almost to Greenan & back before lunch.

In afternoon, went to foot of Drumgoff Brook & collected for an hour, mostly sweeping birch &c. before a skiff of rain made this impossible. 

Found several plants of Lycopodium clavatum near foot of 1st glen, on left bank, near lowest fall, where Miss Eva Shackelton discovered it a few days earlier.  Insects swept were:-  

Orthocentrus protuberans?  1♀︎, also ? 1♂︎, ant. 29, shorter stigma!
Stenomacrus ventralis  ♀︎♀︎.
St. laricis  ♀︎.
St. ridibundus  ♀︎, ant. 23;  & ♂︎, ant 24.
St. cf. merula  1♂︎, ant. 27.
Aperileptus  ♀︎, ant. 18.
Colastes braconius  2♀︎♀︎:  one mounted with 30-seg. ant.
Eubadizon extensor, 1♂︎, 1♀︎, dark var.?  ♂︎ ant. 39, ♀︎ ant. 43, both have dark bordered stigma & dark tarsi & ♀︎ has terebra shorter than body.
[No Proctos seen at all.]


32.

26th Oct. 1942.

A beautiful day, with glass down & still falling;  cold, but for sun, which shone practically all day;  wind light to nil, N.W., snow gone off hills, after a clear "frosty" night with no rain.

In forenoon walked up Aughavanagh road & then across Drumgoff Brook on to ridge S. of Fananierin (1,402 ft.), then along ridge to summit of same & back to hotel at 1.30 for lunch.  Nothing of interest seen, beyond lots of Empetrum nigrum on ridge, in way of plants.  Along S.E. slope of rdige plenty of Erica cinerea still in bloom & very hot in sun here, so that we saw no less than 24 specimens of Bombus lucorum, all of which were ♂︎♂︎ with the possible except of one I am sure was a ☿.

Also saw 2 butterflies, one of which Daisy saw close & said was a Peacock beyond doubt.

In afternoon went back to Drumgoff Brook & collected for an hour & a half.  Found very little on birch & oak, &c. (= 1) but at foot of glen was flat under shelter belt of oak (Ballincor estate!) insects quite common.