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6.) 24/5/31 cont. Trim, &c., Co. Meath. [[underlined]] Arge ciliaris [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] on flower head of [[underlined]] Anthriscus sylvestris [[/underlined]] by field at S.W. corner of Abbey bridge (=3) one mile below Trim. Looked like a [[underlined]] Dolerus [[/underlined]] until I saw it at home! [[underlined]] Pteronidea myosotidis [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] at 4. Melanichneumon saturatorius? [[female symbol]] on nettles at 3. [[underlined]] Ichneumon suspiciosus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] at 2. [[underlined]] Catoglyptus fortipes [[/underlined]] at 2. [[underlined]] Diaparsus [[/underlined]] sp. (or Thersilochus [[/underlined]]) at 4. [[underlined]] Meteorus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] at 2. [line across page]] 24.5.31. Evening (late aft.). Garden at 14 Clareville Rd., Harold's Cross, Dublin [[underlined]] Thrinax macula [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Nemeritis [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]]. [[line across page]] 26/5/31. [[underlined]] Mesoleius [[/underlined]] sp. [[male symbol]] taken in garden at 14 Clareville Rd. Harold's Cross, Dublin, in evening. [[underlined]] Odynerus pictus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] seen for first time 1931. Also [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Andrena albicans [[/underlined]]. [[end page]] [[start page]] (7. 27th May 1931. A glorious morning after a very fine day, but turning dull in afternoon & thunder & rain at night. Afternoon 3 till 5.30 pm. No sun after 3.15 & insects just disappearing when I arrived! Deerpark, Powerscourt, Co. WI. (gate to sawmill) [[underlined]] Andrena [[strikethrough]] lapponica [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] (jacobi v. scotica [[/underlined]] 1 small) [[/insertion]] fresh [[female symbol]] beaten out of maple (in flower). [[underlined]] Ischnocerus filicornis [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]] [[arrow]] [[circled]] one very large, one small. [[/circled]] at logs. Bombus agrorum, & lucorum, 1 [[female symbol]] each seen. [[underlined]] Homocidus [[/underlined]] abdominator ? [[female symbol]] beaten out of spruce in "marsh of the logs". [[underlined]] "Hemiteles" [[/underlined]]? [[female symbol]] beaten out of spruce ? (or oak). [Cryptus [[female symbol]] taken in motor on way through Dundrum, DU.] [[underlined]] Dolerus bimaculatus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] D. gessneri [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] These all sent to R.B. Benson of B.M. D. gessneri [[2 male symbols]] beaten out of spruce. [[underlined]] Loderus vestigialis [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] of dark var. sent to Benson. [[underlined]] Selandria serva [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] in marsh. (All, except those beaten, taken during the few minutes before the sun went for good!) Many beetles collected for E.OMahony including :- [[underlined]] Hylocaetus [[/underlined]] [First [[underlined]] Homocidus (pictus [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] - var. ? without an areolet in wing! [[/insertion]] [[male symbol]]) seen in garden, Harold's Cross, Dublin, on this date.] [Also [[insertion]] & a [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Mesoeins [[/underlined]] sp? [[/insertion]] a [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Crabro leucostoma [[/underlined]] in garden about this date!]