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24th May 1934. A most perfect day at Rostrevor, with soft W. wind & nearly all sunny : chilly E. wind in Dublin. Left Dublin by 6.40 AM train for Warrenpoint to report officially on late Rev. W. F. Johnson's collection of insects offered to museum. Walked from Warrenpoint to Rostrevor : at [[Colter?]] place spent half-an-hour shaking sea-weed on shore, from which just a few beetles for O'Mahony but no sign of hymenoptera. Kept all day in doors by work (&  Mrs. J's talk!) & had to catch 2.30 bus to Warrenpoint for 3.20 train home.
While waiting for bus found a black Dolerid sawfly was in field opposite Roxboro. Terrace in dozens flying to [[underlined]] Equisetum arvense [[/underlined]] : saw one pair in cop. & captured same with sucker, through the paling ; also took 3 [[2 male symbols]], 1 [[female symbol]] by hand flying up & down roadside. All proved to be [[underlined]] Loderus palmatus [[/underlined]] on return home, a sp. which I have never seen in quantity before. [[underlined]] Homocidus nigritarsis [[/underlined]], 1 [[female symbol]] also taken in Johnson's front garden & small black [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] Andrena [[/underlined]] also seen there on Globe Flower (Ranunculus [[underlined]] or Trillius [[/underlined]]?), probably [[underlined]] A. subopaca [[/underlined]].
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26th May 1934. Evening. Garden, 14 Clareville Rd., Harolds X, DU.
Vespa germanica [[female symbol]] [underlined]] taken [[/underlined]]. "Narcissus Fly" first seen 1934.
[[underlined]] Pimpla instigator [[/underlined]]  1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Homocidus ornatus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] H. nigritarsis [[/underlined]]  1 [[male symbol]].
[[underlined]] Bracon variator? [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. Cynipid

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27th May 1934. A glorious day where we were but cold & dull in Dublin after noon.
Drove, with C.W. Allen, to The Murrough, at Newcastle, Co. WI., & then on to the oak wood at Clara : all sunny while we were there & wind SE-E most of the day, though N.W. later & in Dublin. 
The Murrough, Newcastle, C. WI. 11 till 12-30 warm. [[underlined]] Bombus lapidarius [[/underlined]] several [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. terrestris [[/underlined]] several [[2 female symbols]].
[[underlined]] B. muscorum [[/underlined]]  [[2 female symbols]] abundant & beautifully fresh. [[underlined]] B. lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]
[[underlined]] B. jonellus [[/underlined]] 1 [[virgin female symbol]] seen in [[underlined]] Lotus [[/underlined]].
[[underlined]] Osmia aurulenta [[/underlined]]  [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] abundant on [[underlined]] Lotus [[/underlined]] about 1/2 mile S. of station, but not before 11.30 AM.
[[underlined]] Andrena albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] very common in spots.
[[underlined]] Pompilus gibbus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & 1 [[female symbol]] on edge of sand.
[[underlined]] Tachytes pectinipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] with last.

Several "icks" swept along drain [[underlined]] inside [[/underlined]] railway.
Cryptid [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Promethes laticarpus [[/underlined]] 2 small [[2 male symbols]], 1 very dark.

[[underlined]] Allaea contracta [[/underlined]], 1 fully winged [[female symbol]].
Trypretid fly at "Devil's Weed" beside railway gate.
[ [[underlined]] Agrypon [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]], caught in motor at Newrath Bridge, WI, on way to Clara!]

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I'm a beginner, but have been a field entomologist. You did great! Stelfox's writing is not easy so thank you so much for helping. I've gone through and made minor edits to make the markup consistent with rest of the project and to solve or confirm some of the [[?]]. I really appreciate the help from a fellow #volunpeer who is an entomologist! -@siobhanleachman