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182.) 17th May 1935. A blizzard at night & early morning & frequent snow showers, with N. gale, all day; Mt. Leinster & Wicklow - Dublin Mts. all white with snow over 1,000 ft. Rode from Graigue. to Bagenalstown, into teeth of gale & glad to do journey in 3 1/2 hours. Saw one [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Andrena jacobi [[/underlined]] on hedge near Borris during sun-burst after a heavy snow shower. Really a hell of a day! Home about 5.30 PM. [[line across page]] 19th May 1935. Rain at frequent intervals all day : not so cold. Started with Palmer & George for Athdown but turned (at Saggart) for home. Took one [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Bracon triangularis [[/underlined]] in garden on White Current bush, at 12 noon, during sun-burst. [[line across page]] 21st May 1935. Garden, 14 Clareville Rd., Harolds X DU. 5.30 - 7.0 PM. 1st fine day since snow! [[underlined]] Crabro varius [[/underlined]] 3 [[2 male symbols]] & [[underlined]] C leucostomus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] at holes in clothes line post; former still there 8 PM. [[underlined]] Chrysis ignita [[/underlined]] 1 at post. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] 1st [[virgin female symbol]] seen, 7.30 PM., very fresh at flowers of black currant. [[end page]] [[start page]] 183. cont. from p. 181 16.5.35. St. Mullins, CW, cont. Tryphonids, rather curious [[male symbol]], ? genus : at St. Mullins. [[underlined]] Perilissus filicornis [[/underlined]] ? 1 small [[male symbol]], at St. Mullins. [[underlined]] Acrotomus lucidulus [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]] at Bahana. [[underlined]] Homocidus [[strikethrough]] [[biguttatus?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[/underlined]] ^ [[insertion]] flavomarginatus ? var. with all-black thorax [[/insertion]] [[female symbol]] at Bahana. Phaedroctonus cremastoides 1 [[female symbol]] at St. Mullin's [[underlined]] Mesochorus [[/underlined]] [[guttatus?]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]. " " [[dittos for: "St. Mullin's"]] Also beetle, [[underlined]] Tetrops praeusta [[/underlined]] L.; New to Ireland; beaten (probably off Hawthorn) by river below Bahana Wood. See I.N.J. Sept 1935, p. 186. [[line across page]] Collected by R.C. Faris, at Farrinseer, Cornafean, Co. Cavan, on 27th May 1935. [[underlined]] Bracon satanas [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] B. [[/underlined]] n. sp. [[underlined]] near discoideus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] B. [[/underlined]] cf [[underlined]] fraudator [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Oncophanes [[lanceolator?]] [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Apanteles [[/underlined]] cf. [[underlined]] fraternus [[/underlined]] ? 2 [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Euphorus pallidipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Perilitus [[/underlined]] cf. [[underlined]] secalis [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Opius lugens [[/underlined]] ? 3 [[2 male symbols]] [[underlined]] O. [[/underlined]] sp. n. near [[underlined]] pygmaeator [[/underlined]], 2nd seg. abd. red. [[underlined]] O. [[/underlined]] sp ? black, ? [[female symbol]] with hidden terebra [[underlined]] Opius [[/underlined]] sp. ? 1 [[female symbol]], 35-jointed antennae, red orbits, short abd, 2nd seg red. [[underlined]] Aspilota rubripes [[/underlined]] M. ? 1 [[male symbol]]. Mymarid 1 Cynipids 2
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Reviewed. Agreed with transcription of [[Leinster?]], [[I.N.J.?]] and therefore taken out of brackets. I too am unsure of [[lanceolator?]], I think it probably is but have left in brackets. -@siobhanleachman