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4th August 1928. [[underlined]] Very [[/underlined]] hot & sunny all day.
Collected about Cappagh House (1) & [[insertion]] ^ in Maghgiha Wood [[/insertion]] near Modelligo [[strikethrough]] wood [[/strikethrough]] in afternoon (2). WA. Latter on old oak wood mostly cut down but very good.
Purple Hairstuck butterfly common at 2.
[[underlined]] Crabro cavifrons [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] & [[underlined]] C. leucostomus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at stump at 1.
Crabro sp. small black sp. [[insertion]] ^ seen [[/insertion]] nesting in bored pith of Ash at 1 this ash stick subsequently brought home! but tunnel empty.
[[underlined]] Andrena coitana [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[2 female symbol]] at 1 [[underlined]] Halictus nitidiusculus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] (? where)
[[underlined]] Selandria morio [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] at 3. [[checkmark]] RCLP.
Ick. Saw but failed to catch very large black Ephialtes (? [[underlined]] mamifestator [[/underlined]) [[insertion]] A very large [[underlined]] tuberculatus [[/underlined]]! [[/insertion]] on large paling near well behind Cappagh P.O. where a few other icks. taken.
Most icks Larvae taken in [[strikethrough]] Modelligo [[/strikethrough]] Maghgiha wood & lane.
[[underlined]] Glypta flavolineata [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]].
[[underlined]] [[Himertus sepulchratus?]] [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] at 2 where its host [[underlined]] Zaraea fasciata [[/underlined]] subsequently taken. 

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5th August (Sunday) 1928. A glorious day. Drove to Coumshingaun & spent day in Comeragh but had no time for collecting. Saw [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] to 2,300 ft. & took Braconid at 2,000 ft. & [[underlined]] Dolorus aeneus [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. [[male symbol]] at 1,500.
Water beetles in pools at 2,300 ft. above "coum".

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6th August 1928. Misty rain & nothing doing. Spent day in Oonagalur & Ballynamintragh caves.

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7th August 1928. Heavy rain in morning but hot sun from 4pm. Collected for a few minutes below Cappagh House, WA, behind Cappagh P.O.
[[underlined]] Crabro vagus [[/underlined]] 1 [[underlined]] Psithyrus barbutellus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]
Colletes montanus [[female symbols]] on Angelica [[underlined]] Vespa sylvestris [[/underlined]] [[virgin female symbol]].
Icks. meniseus - [[female symbol]] on paling & about 10 other spp

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8th August 1928. A warm day with much sun, 1 shower. Collected about Kilgrainey cave, [[strikethrough]] Cappagh [[/strikethrough]] Whitechurch, WA. for 1/2 on hour at midday.
Colletes montanus 2 [[2 female symbols]] on [[underlined]] Rubus.  megachile versicolor [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen on Rubus. 
Icks. [[underlined]] Pimpla instigator var intermedia [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Salius exaltatus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] on Wild Carrot. [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]] 2 [[2 male symbols]] [[/strikethrough]]. [[underlined]] Lissonota bellator [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & about six other spp.