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114.) 21st July 1934. Very hot & all sunny, but strong N. breeze. Insects more numerous than during previous week. Spent all day, 11.30 till 1.30 & 2.30 till 5.0 PM. on ^ [[insertion]] E. coast of [[/insertion]] Abbey Island, or on sands between that & the mainland, Darrynane, Co. SK. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] ^ [[insertion]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[/insertion]], [[underlined]] lapidarius [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] & 2 [[2 female symbols]] seen, [[underlined]] agrorum [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] Psithyrus barbutellus [[/underlined]] 1 fresh [[female symbol]] in P.M. [[underlined]] Andrena denticulata [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on ragwort on sands, in P.M. [[underlined]] A. gwynana [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on mallow by the Abbey. [[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & worn [[2 female symbols]] on cliffs. [[underlined]] H. freygessneri [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[female symbol]], [[underlined]] H. calceatus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]], [[underlined]] H. albipes [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] H. villosulus [[/underlined]] 1 worn [[female symbol]] on cliffs, others seen. H. [[strikethrough]] sp? [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] villosulus [[/insertion]] [[male symbol]], small 1 fresh [[underlined]] Sphecodes affinis [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] on [[underlined]] Angelica [[/underlined]] on cliffs. [[underlined]] Nomada fabriciana [[/underlined]] 1 fresh ^ [[insertion]] very dark [[/insertion]] [[female symbol]] of 2nd brood on sands ^ [[insertion]] in AM. at [[underlined]] Daucus [[/underlined]]. [[/insertion]] [[underlined]] Colletes montanus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] at mallow at abbey, some worn, some fresh. [[underlined]] Mellinus arvensis [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Pompilus gibbus [[/underlined]] ? [[2 female symbols]], one very large on [[underlined]] Daucus [[/underlined]] on E. coast. [[underlined]] P. nigerrimus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] taken, [[female symbol]] seen on cliffs. [[underlined]] Ceropales maculatus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen on sands. Odynerus pictus [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] with pale bands, on coast [[underlined]] O. trimarginatus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] on coast, one at S. end of island at top of deep gully. Chrysis ignita 1 [[female symbol]]. [[end page]] [[start page]] 115.) 21.7.34 cont. Abbey Island, Darrynane, SK. cont. Red [[male symbol]] ick ? end of vol. 1 (or vol. II?) Cryptid, slender [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Hoplocryptus alternatus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. Cryptid [[female symbol]] with [[broad?]] areolet. [[underlined]] Melanichneumon perscrutator [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Probolus alticola [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Acroricnus macrobatus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] common on coast. [[underlined]] "Tryphon" elongator [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. 2nd Tryphon-like [[2 male symbols]], ? Mesoleids with areolet. [[underlined]] Banchus volutatorius [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] on coast, [[2 female symbols]] at thistles by the abbey. [[underlined]] Meloboris crassicornis [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Apanteles [[/underlined]] halidaii? [[insertion]] Marshall [[/insertion]] [[female symbol]], with long terebra on Sea Pink head (in seed) on coast. [[underlined]] Trichopria [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]] on boulders at high water mark. Tenthredo "arcuata", [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] in cop. taken, plenty [[underlined]] seen [[/underlined]] ! [[vertical line]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Empria abdominalis [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] ([[underlined]] fide [[/underlined]] R.C.L.P. 13.2.1935) taken in P.M. at foot of E. cliffs, with [[underlined]] Acroricnus [[/underlined]], &c. A.W.S. [[/insertion]] [[line across page]] 21.7.34. Several "icks" taken in hotel, Darynane. [[underlined]] Stenomacrus deletus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Pentapleura pumilio [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. Proctos. 2 [[line across page]] 21.7.34 George reported seeing a [[male symbol]] Clouded Yellow butterfly on coast below hotel about noon. Humming Bird Hawk Moth & another species (possibly [[underlined]] elpenor [[/underlined]], but looked larger!) repeatedly seen on cliffs of Abbey Island.
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"Apanteles halidaii" (right page) may be a misspelling of Apanteles halidayi. -@mnathan