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243.) 17th May 1951. A lovely day, but with strong cold NE breeze. All sunny. Left home at 11 AM & drove to Greystones where called on John Palmer & Una for a few minutes & then drove on to Newcastle station & walked south along the Murrough where had lunch about 12.45. After lunch walked south to Five Mile Point & then along Grange lane across the marshes & back to car again. Considerable amount of the Murrough pebble bank washed away S. of Newcaslte station, several yards wide in places & all the former fringing vegetation gone - no Horned Poppy seen at all, & no Sea Holly till near Five Mile Point less & less damage, done during the winter storms. Tried sweeping outside railway before lunch & a few Hymenoptera taken, but wind blowing down coast gave no shelter & so few insects out. Also tried sweeping in lane (= 2) but only 8 hymenoptera taken & a few bees seen but nothing of interest. The Murrough, Co. WI. Taken at 1, outside railway. [17 mounted from 1 & these labelled 22.5.1951.] Mesoleius sp. ♂︎, ant. 43. Omorga sp. ♀︎: not mtd. Thersilochus sp. ♂︎ & ♀︎, ant. 25 & 21, respectively. 244. 17.5.51, cont. The Murrough, Co. WI., cont. Taken at 1 cont. Rogas geniculator? ♂︎, on edge of sea! Ant. 52. Aspilota concinna Hal. ♂︎, ant. 23; very wide head. A. nigrescens? ♂︎, ant. 20; also a smaller ♂︎, but ant. also 20. Both have head slightly widened behind the eyes! A. (Synaldis) concolor? 2♂︎♂︎ (ant. 17 & 15); 1♀︎ (ant. 15). A. (S.) concolor? large ♂︎, ant. 21, also with blackish legs! Dacnusa areolaris ♂︎: not mtd. Proctos 2 mtd. = Chalcids 4: 1 mtd. = Caddis Fly, frequently swept = Limnophylla marmorata? Therapha hyascyami 1 adult seen. Beetles 2 = Meligethes? Taken at 2 = Grange lane. [6 mounted from 2 & these labelled 22.5.1951.] Plectiscus sp. ♀︎; ant. 21. Dacnusa areolaris 3♀︎♀︎, all dark legs: 1 mtd. has 21-seg. ant. Aphidius ♂︎, ant. 19. Monoctonus cf. nervosus ♂︎, ant. 17. Procto. 1 = Scaleo Cynipid 1 = Green Hairstreak Butterfly frequent in lane. Speckled Wood one seen. Orange Tip common, ♂︎ & ♀︎. Bug. Pentatome rufipes 1 swept off gorse (in flower). Dragonflies: no doubt all Pyrosoma nymhula
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