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156.) 31st. March 1935. A poor day, very little sun after noon until too late in afternoon, with a strong chilly W.-NW wind, after two quite dull days. Went with C.W. Allen to Shankill, Co. DU., & worked inland along Lee-banks, [[insertion]] = 1 [[/insertion]] towards Kilmichael, then to railway [[insertion]] = 2 [[/insertion]] at Bride's Glen, where stayed an hour, then to Loughlinstown Commons [[insertion]] = 3 [[/insertion]], then back to railway & up Kilternan road, S. across old lane [[insertion]] = 4 [[/insertion]], & back to Shankill. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] several [[2 female symbols]] seen, [[underlined]] B. terrestris [[/underlined]] 3 or 4 [[2 female symbols]] seen [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] several [[2 female symbols]] seen, [[underlined]] B. muscorum [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]] seen [[underlined]] Andrena minutula [[/underlined]] 3 very fresh [[2 female symbols]] on [[underlined]] Taraxacum [[/underlined]] at 2 (Allen). [[underlined]] A. nigroaenea [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & a few very fresh [[2 female symbols]] at 1. [[underlined]] A. gwynana [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at 1 & 3. [[underlined]] A. albicans [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] at 2 (Allen) [[underlined]] A. jacobi [[/underlined]] ?? 1 [[male symbol]] at 1 (Allen). [[underlined]] Halictus calceatus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 2 & 1 seen in aft. at 1. [[underlined]] Dacnusa areolaris [[/underlined]] swept 1 [[male symbol]] at 2. [[underlined]] Monoctonus caricis [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] swept (at 4?) [[underlined]] Aphidius [[/underlined]] 2 spp.? [[2 male symbols]] swept at 2 & 4. [[insertion]] Cowslips just coming out at 1. Chiff-chaff heard at 2. [[/insertion]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 157.) 3rd April 1935. A bitter cold day, NE-NW winds, causing jam & no sun after 10 AM till late in afternoon. Rode to Glenasmole, Co. DU., arriving at 10 AM & stayed till about 2.30 P.M. but nothing out, save a few [[underlined]] Bombi [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] a fair number of [[2 female symbols]] some at Salix, but most searching for nesting sites. [[underlined]] B. jonellus [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] Pimpla maculator [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] beaten out of ivy, very red & with pale stigma [[insertion]] (not kept). [[/insertion]] Campoplegic (? Angitia or Anilasta) 1 [[female symbol]], beaten with last. [[underlined]] Pezomachus "rufulus" [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] beaten out of gorse! [[horizontal line]] Chiff-chaffs very common: no butterflies seen all day. Explored all the coombes on E. side of glen between lower & upper dams. One patch of snow still in gully on N.W. slope of Kippure. [[horizontal line]] 7th April 1935. Heavy showers in morning after a wet night: milder & much hot sun later: strong W. wind. [On duty in museum in aft.]. Rode to Furry Glen, Phoenix Park, DU., arriving 12.30, left there 1.30. [[underlined]] Bombus terrestris [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] B. lucorum [[/underlined]] 1 dead [[female symbol]] under blackthorn. [[underlined]] B. lapidarius [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at flowers of blackthorn. [[underlined]] B. muscorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at [[underlined]] Taraxacum [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] Andrena albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] common at blackthorn, which was in full flower. [[underlined]] Biolysia marginella [[/underlined]] Th. 1 [[male symbol]], swept by stream. [[underlined]] Thersilochus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]], swept. [[underlined]] Apanteles [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] swept by stream (cf. [[male symbol]] of [[underlined]] A. lautellus [[/underlined]] Marshall?) [[underlined]] Aphidius [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]] swept.