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126.) 28th July 1934. A poor day, no sun, after a wet night. Did not go out till after lunch & so almost missed the only fine spell. At 2.30 went round coast path leading to The Harbour, Darrynane, & collected a few icks by the way: also turned over fine swathe of sea-weed in cove half-way round, but thick driving mist soon turned again to heavy rain from W. with falling barometer, so returned to hotel at 3.30. Co. SK. [[underlined]] Bombus agrorum, lucorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[virgin female symbol]], & [[underlined]] hortorum [[/underlined]] seen [[underlined]] Vespa rufa [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]], many at [[underlined]] Salix [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] Crabro vagus [[/underlined]] 1 large [[female symbol]] seen on carrot flowers. Beetle - [[underlined]] Cetonia aurata [[/underlined]]. 1 [[male symbol]], red, Cryptid [[underlined]] Pimpla instigator [[/underlined]], large [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] P. elegans [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] at flowers of [[underlined]] Erica cinerea [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] Schizoloma capitata [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] amongst bracken, &c. 3 Campoplegids [[underlined]] Bracon fulvipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 127.) 28.7.34 cont. Coast, W. of Darrynane, Co. SK. Taken amongst decaying sea-weed, washed by high tides during the previous day! Small [[male symbol]] ick. [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] ? [[underlined]] Aphaereta cephalotes [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & 2 [[2 female symbols]]. Platygastis ?? one. [[line across page]] 29th July 1934. Mainly wet, with falling glass. Spent day doing odd jobs before coming home & only collected 1 ick [[insertion]] - Barichneumon? - 1 [[male symbol]] [[/insertion]] near the Abby, on Abby Island, Darrynane, SK. [[line across page]] 30th July 1934. Opened with terrific rain at 6 AM. with gale from SE-S. Left Darrynane at 9.20 AM. reached Killarney at 11.25, spent a few minutes with E. F. Bullock, then drove on to Headley Bridge where had lunch in same quarry as on 28th June, but terrific wind & misty rain spoiled collecting, though hot sun at times. Left there about 1.20 & drove on to Newcastle West, where had to stop for broken front spring of car to be repaired. Left Newcastle West at 4.20 & reached Limerick
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Reviewed. Falling glass = atmospheric pressure is dropping. -@siobhanleachman