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18.) 29.4.34 cont. Raheen marsh, WI., cont. [[underlined]] Dacnusa [[strikethrough]] tristes [[/strikethrough]] NO! ? sp? [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]], swept in marsh. [[underlined]] D. areolaris [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] swept. Aphidius spp. [[2 male symbols]]. Wingless Chalcid. Proctos. about six spp. Butterflies. Small Tort., Peacock, Small White? (MDS.) Green-veined White (2), & Brimstone [[female symbol]] (G. Rhamni) seen for a long time & at close range just below bridge where car left. [[line across page]] Bank of R. Liffey, 1/4 mile below Ballymore Eustace, KD. 29.4.34. 4.30 till 5.0 PM. [[underlined]] Andrena sericea [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]] on [[underlined]] Taraxacum [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] A. nigroaenea [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] Halictus albipes [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] seen on [[underlined]] Taraxacum [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] Salius fuscus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] seen amongst grass. [[underlined]] Dolerus aeneus [[/underlined]] 1 small [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Dacnusa areolaris [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] swept by river (not kept!) [[underlined]] Aphidius [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]], very small. [[end page]] [[start page]] (19. 30th April 1934. A most perfect day, not a cloud, very hot sun, & scarcely any wind. Millions of beetles flying & running everywhere, plenty of [[underlined]] Andrena [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]], but practically no other hymenoptera. Drove to Athy & down Barrow Valley to Tankardstown, then to Kilkea deerpark, & home via. Castledermot. With Rev. Gregg, Noel Gregg & E. O'M. Stopped to collect below Ardri [[circled]] = 1 [[/circled]], in marsh & old sand pit, at Tankardstown Bridge [[circled]] = 2 [[/circled]], & in Kilkea Park [[circled]] = 3 [[/circled]], all Co. KD. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] frequent. [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. hortorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at [[underlined]] Taraxacum [[/underlined]] in Kilkea Park. [[underlined]] Andrena albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] abundant, [[2 female symbols]] seen at 2. [[underlined]] A. minutula [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] in old sandpit at 1, N. of road. [[underlined]] A. praecox [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] common & 1 [[female symbol]], just out, at 2. [[underlined]] Salius fuscus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] seen at fort at 3. [[underlined]] Dolerus aeneus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] on thorn bush at fort at 3. & also at 1. [[underlined]] Hoplocampa chrysorrhoea [[/underlined]], 1 [[female symbol]] taken by EO'M. at 1 in marsh "near Salix" [[insertion]] - [& no doubt also near Blackthorn! AWS.] [[/insertion]] [[insertion]] Also [[underlined]] D. nigratus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbols]] at 1. [[/insertion]] [[underlined]] Exephanes occupator [[/underlined]] ?? 1 [[female symbol]] at 1 in marsh. [[underlined]] Cremastid [[/underlined]] - 2 [[2 male symbols]] at 1. [[underlined]] Ophion obscurus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] swept off larch at 3. [[underlined]] Angitia [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] at 2. [[left margin]] Cuckoo heard, one only, at 2. [[/left margin]] P.T.O.
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Made minor edit. Species and localities have been checked. I think this is good to complete. -@siobhanleachman