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52.) 7th June 1934. A fine day but not so [[strikethrough]] fine [[/strikethrough]] sunny as those of previous week, afternoon mainly cloudy. Drove, with Art O'Murnaghan, to waterfall in Powerscourt deerpark, Co. WI., & walked up by path E of fall to upper plateau. Only collected above this point, & along upper Dargle to tributary coming down from Douce, up which we went for about a mile. Most insects taken in gorge above fall (=1) or at birch trees in "glen" at foot of the Douce tributary (=2). Alt. of collecting ground, would be from 800 to 1250 ft. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] agrorum [[/underlined]], one or two [[2 female symbols]] only seen. [[underlined]] Psithyrus distinctus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] seen. [[underlined]] P. [[/underlined]] sp? (like [[underlined]] quadricolor [[/underlined]]) 1 [[female symbol]] seen. [[underlined]] Andrena jacobi [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 1, with pale hairs on face. [[underlined]] Nomada ruficornis [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] common flying to birch at 2. [Many burrows in sandy moraine of tributary valley at 2 but no sun & no bees seen. Looks as good as the Slade Brook moraine in upper Glenasmole!] [[Antaeon?]] spp all at 1, mostly on birch. = [[underlined]] A. brachycerus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Dolerus aeneus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] at 1 & 2. [[underlined]] D. [[picipes?]] [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] at 1. [[end page]] [[start page]] 53.) 7.6.34 cont. Upper Dargle, Powerscourt dpk, WI, cont. [[underlined]] Tenthredella atra [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] balteata [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] ferruginea [[/underlined]], & [[underlined]] livida [[/underlined]] at 1 & 2 [[underlined]] Pristiphora geniculata [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] ([[checkmark]] RCLP.) swept off [[underlined]] P. aucuparia [[/underlined]] in stream bed at 1. [[underlined]] Strombocerus [[delicatulus?]] [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] common [[underlined]] [[Pachnematus?]] obductus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 2, in marshy spot. [[underlined]] Arge fuscipes [[/underlined]], 1 [[male symbol]] on oak at 1. Ichneumonini ? [[?]] 1 2 [[2 male symbols]] besides those below [[underlined]] Barichneumon [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Cratichneumon rufifrons [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] common at 1 & 2. [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] [[cf.?]] areator ? 1 [[male symbol]], as well as a [[female symbol]] (carded) ? same sp. Also Cryptids [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] 5. [[2 male symbols]], 1 [[female symbol]] (2 [[2 male symbols]] carded) [[underlined]] Phytodictus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Stenomacrus callidulus [[/underlined]] ? 3 [[2 male symbols]] [[underlined]] "Mesoleptus" [[/underlined]] (H). [[underlined]] [[nigricans?]] [[/underlined]] ? 2 [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Cteniscus [[/underlined]] ? [[strikethrough]] 4 [[/strikethrough]] 3 [[2 male symbols]] (? 2 spp.) Erromenus brunnicans ? 1 [[underlined]] Zootrephes rufiventris [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Exochus flavomarginatus [[/underlined]] 1 on birch at 2. [[underlined]] Orthocentrus protuberans [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] Brischkea delusor ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Mesoleius [[/underlined]] hamulus? 1 [[female symbol]], M. - [[insertion]] white tibiae [[/insertion]] 1 [[male symbol]], M. - red & dull. 1 [[female symbol]] Campoplegids ca 15 [[?]] (ca. 7 spp.) [[underlined]] Helictes borealis [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Campoplex [[/underlined]] red & black [[male symbol]]