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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.

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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]].

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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]].

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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!]