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30th September 1928. A fine day, with very hot sun, after a "frosty" night; but N. wind & very cold except in shelter.
Killoughter channel & "Buzzard" channel, 1/2 mile west of former, Co. WI. All captures in latter locas! 
[[underlined]] Bombus agrorum [[/underlined]] A good number of workers still gathering honey & pollen.
[[underlined]] B. lucorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] seen: no [[2 male symbols]] or [[virgin female symbols]].
[[underlined]] Psithyrus campestris [[/underlined]] 1 very faded [[male symbol]].
[[underlined]] Halicuts rubicundus [[/underlined]] several [[2 male symbol]] & 1 fresh [[female symbol]] with pollen on scopae!
[[underlined]] Halictus albipus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] seen.
[[underlined]] H. villosulus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male sybmol]] taken. [[underlined]] H. nitidiusculus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male sybmol]] taken.
[[underlined]] Vespa vulgaris [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] frequent at black berries.
About 12 spp. sp Ichneumon, Broconids &c. taken along sheltered hedgerows. Swallow (6 to 12) seen over Killoughter in morning.
[[underlined]] Lissonota suphurifera [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]], 2 others seen! [[underlined]] Pimpla examinator [[/underlined]], 1 very small [[male symbol]].

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4th Oct. 1928. Powerscourt Demesne, Co. WI. A dull afternoon.
[[underlined]] Vespa vulgaris [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] ? var without black stripe on face.
[[underlined]] Pimpla (= [[underlined]] ovivora angens [[/underlined]]) Boh ? [[strikethrough]] small [[/strikethrough]] [[female symbol]] Typical! A. Roman ([[underlined]] Fide [[/underlined]]), No. 69.
[[strikethrough]] Polysphinete [[underlined]] Acrodachyla madida [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Polysphincta elypeata [[/underlined]] H [[female symbol]] = [[underlined]] madida [[/underlined]] Hal. [[underlined]] Fide [[/underlined]], A. Roman, No. 74. 
[[underlined]] Ephialtes tuberculatus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]], very large, taken on great stump by avenue just (1/4 mile) above middle lodge.
Braconids &c. taken sweeping below house.
= [[underlined]] Dacnusa [[/underlined]] abdita ?? [[underlined]] Opius sacria [[/underlined]] ? 1 small [[female symbol]], 27. seg nat. remounted & named 18/3/1940! A.W.S.

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12th Oct. 1928. Birdhill Station (on way to Killoloe) Co. N. Tippy. A.W.S. [[insertion]] on visit [[insertion]] ^ by rail [[/insertion]] to Saints Island in Shannon, below Killaloe, shortly to be flooded by the Shannon scheme. [[/insertion]]  Sunny & fine.
[[underlined]] Vespa vulgaris [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] on ivy.
3 Braconids on nettles

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15th Oct 1928. Drove to New castle Station on the Murrough, WI, [[insertion]] in afternoon [[/insetion]] but cold & dripping rain; so came home again. Stopped at Descreux's near Kilpeddon WI, & swept some bugs &c off nettles, amongst which was one Braconid.
 

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I wasn't sure how to do the insertion in an insertion opn the second page, but gave it stab based on the Instructions for the Transcription Center.--thomasc Thanks again for reviewing thomasc. The Transcription Center uses the markup ^[[text]] to indicate handwritten text in typed pages. In previous projects the Smithsonian Archives have requested volunteers use the markup [[insertion]] text [[/insertion]] for inserted text. Hope this helps! And thanks for improving the project. -@siobhanleachman