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158) 31st Oct. Ballyhenry Quarry, Co WI. [[underlined]] Halictus villosulus [[/underlined]] a fresh [[female symbol]] on a nearly opened Dandelion & also a Cynipid. 6th Nov. 1927. A cold day, with mist in hills. Upper Dangle, above Powerscourt Fall & over Maulin. WI. Cocoon of Braconid found on grass leaf by A. A. Lisney at about 1,200 ft. alt. but never hatched! [on return home, I found a specimen, [[female symbol]], of [[underlined]] Meliorus [[/underlined]] sp. inside the motor. Probably this came from Powerscourt, just below deerpark, where I left the motor & J.A.J. Palmer was gathering cones of Douglass Fir : possibly it came out of the cone or possibly it hatched out of some cocoon hidden in the motor for a longtime & therefore habitat uncertain & will label it "motor", Co. Du on WI ?, 6.11.27! A.W.S. [[line across page]] 13th Nov. 1927 A most beautiful day, with blue sky & very hot sun & no wind, after a hard frost. Walked with Hugh from Old Barn to Bohernabreena by road & back by left bank of Dodder. Saw primrose in flower in old river bend [[strikethrough]] below [[/strikethrough]] opposite Bohernabreena chapel & in same place [[underlined]] Vespa vulgaris [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] & [[male symbol]] on Ivy flowers & one nice Ichneumon seen beside primrose but not captured, about size of large Tryphon with longantennae & black polished abdomen! [[end page]] [[start page]] (159. List of [[underlined]] Glyptae [[/underlined]] sent to A. Roman & returned by him in Nov. 1927. nos. will be found on labels of the specimen, as below. No. 1. [[underlined]] Glypta bicornis [[/underlined]] Boie var. [[underlined]] rostrata [[/underlined]] Holgra. [[male symbol]]. Roman agrees! S. side of Arklow Head (Askintinny) WI. A.W.S. 14.7.26! No. 2. [[underlined]] Glypta bicornis [[/underlined]] Boie, var. [[underlined]] rostrata [[/underlined]] Hlg. [[female symbol]]. Roman agrees! St. Annes, Clontarf, Du. 20.7.25. E. O'Mahony! No.8. [[underlined]] Glypta bicornis [[/underlined]] Boie, var. [[underlined]] rostrata [[/underlined]] Hlg. a dark form of [[female symbol]]. Roman agrees! St. Anne's, Clontarf, Du. E. O'M. 7.8.24! No.3. [[underlined]] Glypta ceratites [[/underlined]] Grav. [[male symbol]]. Roman agrees! Ireland's Eye, Du. A.W.S. 30.7.26! No.4. [[underlined]] Glypta ceratites [[/underlined]] Grav. [[female symbol]] Roman agrees! Coast at Mizen Head, WI. A.W.S. 8.8.25! No. 5} No. 6} [[underlined]] Glypta elongata [[/underlined]] Holmgr. [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]]. Roman agrees & says "dark var."! Deerpark, Powerscourt, WI. A.W.S. 19.6.25. No.7. [[underlined]] Glypta monoceros [[/underlined]] Grav. [[female symbol]] Roman says "? [[underlined]] monoceros [[/underlined]], dark var."! The Murrough, S. of Newcastle, WI. A.W.S. 19.9.26! No.9. } No.10.} [[underlined]] Glypta mensurator [[/underlined]] Grav. [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] A. Roman says " Probably right, but a dark var." Ireland's Eye, Du. 30.7.26! No. 11. [[underlined]] Glypta measurator [[/underlined]] Grav. [[female symbol]]. Roman agrees. Rathdrum, WI. 12.8.26! No. 12. [[underlined]] Glypta mensurator [[/underlined]] Grav. with very long terebra. Roman says "An interesting form of [[underlined]] mensurator [[/underlined]], perhaps = [[underlined]] nigrotrochanterata [[/underlined]] [[insertion from below]] afterwards withdrawn by A.R. [[/insertion]] Strobl. but with yellow stigma & more red on abdomen & trochanters" W. of Arklow, WI. 12.8.25!
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Not sure if it's supposed to be Hlg or Hlq on second page, but I edited to make them all alike. - GigglePop
