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11th March 1934. Cold & wet all day!

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15th March 1934. Cold, showery in morning
Fine in afternoon, very stormy.
Met Farrington at Glenmore Castle; Devil's Glen & explored woods on that side of the glen. One [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Pimpla maculator [[/underlined]] beaten out of silver fir on avenue. Some splendid ground for future work & having been introduced to Miss Smith who runs the garden, I can go where I like. 

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17th March 1934. Cold, stormy & showery. Drove in afternoon to Bride's Glen, Shankill Co. Dublin. Nothing seen.

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18th March 1934. Cold & stormy (W-NW) with rising glass. Almost all sunny. Drove to sulphur mines at Avoca, Co. Wicklow, but the only hymenoptera taken were two Cynipids beaten of Scot's Fir & Gorse. One small (? [[underlined]] Aphidiid [[/underlined]]) seen on lunch paper, just as it flew away. Nothing taken by sweeping & willows 

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not nearly in flower at this place.
On way down in moving also called at Ballyhenry Marsh, but nothing seen as taken by sweeping.
At Avoca some [[underlined]] Coscinella [[/underlined]] beaten of Fir & Gorse & these brought home in case they were parasitized in by [[underlined]] Perilitis [[/underlined]], as one taken last year by A.M. Gwynn was stung, but parasite died in cocoon. Also a few Hemiptera beaten out of gorse & fir.
Willows out at fork of road to Ballylusk & odd bushes out here & then en route, as at Kilmacanogue.
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23rd March 1934. [[underlined]] Anemone appenina [[/underlined]] out in front garden : ? late owing to earlier drought.
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24th March 1934. [[underlined]] Meteorus obfuscate [[/underlined]] Nees ? 1 [[female symbol]] hatched in jar containing Jungus gathered by E. O'Mahony at Glendhu ("pine Forest"), Co., Dublin, in August 1933 & from which many beetles - [[underlined]] Cis bolete [[/underlined]] - had already & were still emerging. OMahony think the [[underlined]] Meteorus [[/underlined]] must have been parasitic on [[underlined]] Cis [[/underlined]]. A.W.S.

Transcription Notes:
Checked species names & localities. -@siobhanleachman