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12. 15th April 1934. After a fine warm night & morning a cold SE. wind came in from sea with rain, later developing into a severe gale. Went to "the pits" at Kilbarrack, Co. DU, with E O'M. in morning: in Museum in afternoon. 11.0 till 1.0 PM. "Pits", N. of railway, Kilbarrack Co. DU. All shaken out of grass or reeds ([[underlined]] Typha [[/underlined]]) at edge of ponds or on banks thereof. [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] sp. 3 [[2 female symbols]]: in reeds & grass on edge of pond. [[underlined]] Hormius monilicornis [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]], shaken out of dry grass roots 2 black Proctos. with last. 1 small black Chalcid / or Procto. 4 brachypterous red & green Chalcids. 1 winged green Chalcid. [[line]] Large flock of Swallows & Sand Martins arrived about noon & flew over pond for 15 minutes & then disappeared. Chiff-chaff heard at St Anne's. [line]] [[underlined]] Vespa [[/underlined]] sp.? [[female symbol]] & Tortoiseshell Butterfly in garden at Harold's X, at 10 am. [[end page]] [[start page]] 13. 22nd April 1934. A fine day spoiled by heavy showers, hail, &c. Drove to top of oak-wood at Clara, Co WI, via Glencaly & glen N. of Drumdangan: stopped for a few minutes in last place. (=1) at 11.45 AM. & swept a couple of Campoplegids off Vaccinium, a reddish [[female symbol]] Cynipid, a [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Aspilota [[/underlined]] by stream & beat a [[female symbol] [[underlined]] Dolerus aeneus [[/underlined]] off Salix. Then on to top of Clara, oakwood (=2), & walked down to "Osmunda glade" & environs, but heavy showers spoiled collecting. [[underlined]] Salix [[/underlined]] & all plants very backward! [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] frequent at [[underlined]] Vaccinium [[/underlined]] flowers at 2. [[underlined]] B. jonellus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] certainly identified with last. [[underlined]] Psithyrus distinctus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at [[underlined Vaccinium [[/underlined]] at 2. [[underlined]] Vespa [[/underlined]] sp.? 1 [[female symbol]] seen at 2. [[underlined]] Andrena lapponica [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]] & [[underlined]] Nomada ruficornis [[/underlined]] ? seen by M.D.S. on path above the sand flat. [ [[underlined]] Dolerus aeneus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on Salix at 1.] [[underlined]] Amauronematus tunicatus [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] - RCLP. in litt. 17.12.34. [[/insertion]] 2 [[2 female symbols]] beaten off [[underlined]] Salix [[/underlined]] at 2. [[underlined]] Pimpla maculator [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] beaten out of fir at 2 (not kept.) [[underlined]] P. elegans [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] beaten off of oak branch on sand flat at 2. [[underlined]] P. examinator [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] beaten out of ivy at 2. [[underlined]] Lissonota carbonaria [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] beaten out of Salix at 2. [[side note]] From upper oak wood brought home bored branches broken off oak trees. From which em. 1 [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Ephialtes [[/underlined]] on 21st May 34; a [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Crabro clavipes [[/underlined]] & a Malthodes beetle on 4.6.34, & another on 6.6.34, on which latter date emerged a [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Crabro clavipes [[/underlined]] & a [[female symbol]] Cryptid ick [[insertion]]( = a small form of [[underlined]] Demopheles caliginosus [[/insertion]]) which I suspect may have been parasitic as it emerged the following day. AWS [[/side note]]
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checked places and species, those I'm uncertain of are in [[?]] - @meg_shuler
Confirmed some species names in [[?]] & edited markup for consistency with other Stelfox projects -@siobhanleachman