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66. 23rd August 1931. A glorious day & all sunny, but keen E-NE wind kept insects in. With Palmer. Bellevue, Delgany, Co. WI as on previous Sunday. [[underlined]] Bombus terrestris [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]], [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]] fresh [[2 female symbols]], [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. hortorum [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]], [[underlined]] B. jonellus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]] on heather. [[underlined]] B. agrorum & muscorum [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] Psithyrus distinctus, campestris [[/underlined]], all dark forms, & [[underlined]] barbutellus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] [Palmer took [[underlined]] Ps. quadricolor [[/underlined]] here in July] [[underlined]] Colletes succincta [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] [& 1 [[female symbol]] Palmer] on heather patch overlooking Glen of the Downs. [[underlined]] Andrena fuscipes [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]], only, with last at heather. [[underlined]] A. coitana [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]], [[underlined]] A. denticulata [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on ragwort, & [[underlined]] A. minutula [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] at E. side of demesne. [[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & fresh [[2 female symbols]] at Leontodon; old worn [[2 female symbols]] at heather & still working. [[underlined]] H. freygessneri [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] at heather patch. [[underlined]] H. calceatus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] H. albipes [[/underlined]] fresh [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] H. nitidiusculus [[/underlined]] ? fresh [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Sphecodes affinis [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] at heather patch. [[underlined]] Crabro vagus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] at stumps. [[underlined]] C. chrysostomus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] Crabro leucostomus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] C. cetratus [ [[2 male symbols]] Palmer] & [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] Mellinus arvensis [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]], some latter very yellow. [[underlined]] Odynerus pictus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] digging hole in soil of upturned stump! [[end page]] [[start page]] 67. 23/8/31 cont. Bellevue cont. [[underlined]] Vespa vulgaris [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] V. rufa & austriaca [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] abundant. [[underlined]] Salius exaltatus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] Pompilus nigerrimus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] Agenia variegata [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] at stump. [[side note]] on alders in a swamp near a cottage towards the NE of the demesne I saw several & took one specimen of a small balck & yellow Stratiomyid dipteran which proved to be (the [[strikethrough]] ( [[/strikethrough]] long doubted British) [[underlined]] Oxycera fallenii [[/underlined]] Staeg. Recorded by Walker in 1851 (on Haliday's authority) as taken in Ireland by Tardy. Verified as [[underlined]] fallenii [[/underlined]] By Miss D. Aubertin of B.M. in letter dated 5/12/1931. A.W.S. [[/side note]] [[underlined]] Athalia & Tenthredo [[/underlined]] seen [[underlined]] Pimpla brevicornis [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]] at heather. [[underlined]] Pimpla [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]], 2 spp. [[underlined]] Glypta [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] ceratites [[/underlined]] & G. flavolineata [[male symbol]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] in N.E. oak wood. [[underlined]] Homocidus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] of several species [[underlined]] H. pulcher [[/underlined]] 4 [[2 male symbols]], dark var. [[underlined]] Exochus [[/underlined]] sp. [[underlined]] Lissonota variabilis [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] at stump. [[underlined]] L. deversor [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]] at stump. [[underlined]] Meniscus impressor [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] frequent at stumps. Very small Hemiteles or Phygadeuon [[female symbol]] taken at Crabro stump. (marked on back of label "on log!") Larger but similar [[female symbol] Cryptid with darker wings. [[strikethrough]] 1 Braconid [[/strikethrough]] 1 Proctotrypid
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Miss Daphne Aubertin (Mrs. Dinely) Asst. Keeper, Department of Entomology, British Museum of Nat. Hist.