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2.8.31 cont. Afternoon : sunny, cool breeze!
Garden at Coondara, Donaghadee, Co. DO.
[[underlined]] Bombus agrorum, lucorum, hortorum [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] & [[2 male symbols]] fall 3 spp.
[[underlined]] Vespa norvegica [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] vulgaris [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]].
[[underlined]] Crabro varius [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] 
[[underlined]] Odynerus parietus [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]]

[[side note]] All taken at "Coondara" labelled [[boxed]] D'dee Co. Do. AWS 2.8.31. [[/boxed]] [[/side note]]

[ [[underlined]] Cladius pectinicornis [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] Not amongst this lot when labelled : AWS. 23.11.31.]
Barichneumon  3 [[2 male symbols]]
[[underlined]] Chorinaeus [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] funebris ? [[/strikethrough]] 3 [[2 male symbols]] at privet.
[[underlined]] Pimpla turionellae [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & 1 var. [[underlined]] flavicornis [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] (much smaller) 
Campoplegid several spp.
Phygadeuonid ? 1 [[male symbol]]

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3rd August 1931. Another perfect day, but E. wind strong at times.
Drove to Rathmullan, 1 mile E. of Tyrella House, Dundrum Bay, Co. DO & spent three hours collecting in dunes; then back to shore of Strangford Lough, at back gate of Finnabrogue, near Quoile Bridge, Downpatrick, where collected for an hour before continuing the journey home. 

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3.8.31 cont. Sand-dunes at Rathmullan, DO. 
[[underlined]] Bombus agrorum, muscorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] & [[underlined]] lapidarius [[/underlined]] 1 [[virgin female symbol]].
[[underlined]] Pompilus gibbus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbol]].
[[underlined]] Tachysphex pectinipes [[/underlined]] seen.
[[underlined]] Ceropales maculatus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]
[[underlined]] Pachynematus clitellatus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. 

[[side note]] Very disappointing as regards fauna ! [[line]] [[/side note]]

[[underlined]] Athalia cordata [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & Tenthredo "arcuatus"
Large black & white Ichneumon taken asleep (?) in center of ragweed umbel.
[[underlined]] Cremastus geminus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] "swarming" (assembling) round [[insertion]] ^ one [[/insertion]] Euphorbia [[insertion]] ^ plant [[/insertion]].
About a dozen spp. of icks taken on [[underlined]] Heracleum [[/underlined]] along flat strip of dunes beside road.
[[underlined]] Stylocryptus [[/underlined]] profligator ? 2 [[2 male symbols]].
[[underlined]] Lissonota cylindrator [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Pimpla maculator [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]
[[underlined]] Glypta "nigricornis" 2 [[2 female symbols]] of var. (or n. sp.) with long terebra, same as I get on dunes at Portrane, Co. DU. (usually about 1st Sept.).