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26. 7.6.46, cont. Sandhills at N. end of Drom, near Fermoyle, Cloghane, SK., cont. Dacnusa laevipectus? ♂︎ & ♀︎: not mtd. Coelinius viduus ♂︎: not mtd. Aphidius sp. 3♀︎♀︎ = A. avenae? 1♀︎ (ant. bitten off by Psocid) & A. renominatus? 2♀︎♀︎ ant. 16. Proctos 4, including Procotrupes gravidator ♀︎ & this only mtd. Chalcids 2. Not mtd. Some beetles for E.O'M. Saw in garden behind hotel at 11 AM. Vespa rufa & B. sylvestris ♀︎♀︎. Crabro IV-maculatus, Bombus lucorum & agrorum & Tenthredo livida ♂︎. Also took Meteorus leviventris ♀︎ on window in hotel: ant.{ small dark specimen ant. 24, tergite 1 smooth] 8th June 1946. After a fine night & morning, an hour's heavy rain between 11 AM & 12 noon, then a very fine afternoon & not a breath of wind. Walked up valley & then cut across moor onto the big moraine bounding N. shore of Lough Cruttia at foot of Coumaknock, round head of this lake & across outlet of L. Nalacken at 1150 ft. & up slope south of same into small hanging valley between Drumnamucka & Bealard, round spur of Bealard & into next hanging valley to west & down into main coomb at west end of this & home via path N. of L. Nalacken, down moraine & home by same route as outward journey in morning. 27. 8.6.46, cont. Coumaknock, Brandon Mt., SK., cont. When crossing moor in morning before rain came on a nice patch of Carex limosa, with C. dioica & a form of the latter (?) with both ♂︎ & ♀︎ fruits on same spike, as in the plant discovered by me in Lyons' bog, S. of Louisburgh, Co. WM., in June 1942. Brought many specimens to dry & several to grow of the latter sedge. Also saw plenty of Pinguicula lusitanica on this moor - really a Scirpus moor, but with a great deal of Schoenus nigricans. Many nice plants seen at base of upper cliffs in the two hanging valleys: Aspidium lonchitis: quite a few plants seen here & there; Beech Fern: one nice little clump in a crack just west of Bealand, fronds only 2 to 3 inches high; Asplenium Ruta-muraria: a group of 3 tiny plants in chink near base of cliffs W. of Bealand - a most strange find on Old Red Sandstone; Alchemilla alpina: in several places; Saussurea alpina: in five or six places; Oxyria digyna: frequent as we approached the 2,000 ft. contour; Mossy Saxifrages: frequent, but not everywhere, chiefly on the scree below gullies & few on cliffs; forms from the big, long-leaved hirta, through small Drucei-like greener, hairy forms; two affinis-like plants with stellate flowers; also several greener, more glabrous forms; about 20 bits brought to grow; Sea Pink very rare & only a few plants seen. On way home saw above L. Nalacken