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155. 16th June 1943. Not a good day but the best for a week, after days of heavy showers & cold NW-W winds. Wind west with showers & thunder about: fine in morning but showers at 12.30, 2.0 & 3.0 made collecting impossible for some hours. Went by 10.15 bus to Malahide & by ferry to "The Island" as on 10th, but then took reserve route & went along seaward edge of the old dunes & later crossed golf links & returned by estuary to catch 6.20 bus home (at 7.15). After each shower the wind dropped completely & with some sun great warmth resulted & many insects out, but the first & last hours rather spoiled by strong cool wind - this being the only time the vegetation was quite dry - & so small insects kept low & only the strongest swept. 1 = from golf club-house along seaward edge of the old dunes nearly to N. end of golf links 2 = area between highest dunes & the sea at N. end of 1. 3 = edge of dunes along estuary back to club-house & chiefly in 1/4 mile nearest latter. 156. 16.6.43, cont. The Island, Malahide, DU., cont. Taken at 1 (or seen!) [42 mounted from 1 & these labelled 3.3.1945.] Bombus lapidarius ☿☿ seen. B. lucorum ♀︎♀︎ seen. [B. terrestris ♀︎ at 3] B. muscorum ♀︎♀︎ & 1☿ seen. [Andrena albicans ♀︎ on mignonette at 3] Crabro wesmaeli ♂︎♂︎ abundant. Ceropales maculatus ♂︎♂︎ swept off Spurge. Pompilus rufipes, gibbus & plumbeus, 1 each seen. [Odynerus trimarginatus ♂︎ swept at 3]. Bethylus sp. several seen, [1 taken with very pale front legs & antennae, at 3] Anteon spp. ♂︎♂︎ common. Dicaelotus? 1♂︎ ant. 27 [& 1 other ♂︎ ? "Vol.1": not mounted] Cryptinids common, but kept only 3 = 1♀︎ with dark wings (same sp. as taken at Athdown on 24.7.38!) = Goniocryptus pauper? 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 29 & 27-segmented.