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110.) 15th Sept. 1935. A blustery day, with very high wind, W-SW, & heavy showers: otherwise all sunny & sun very hot. Shore along railway, where it crosses estuary, 1/2 mile S. of Donabate station, Co. Dublin. 10 till 1. PM. [Looking under sea-weed &c for Braconids, but hardly any weed & this mainly fresh [[underlined]] Zostera [[/underlined]] & high spring tide soon covered even this : a few insects swept along railway & where this crosses peninsula 1/4 mile S. of road to Corballis.] [[underlined]] Bombus muscorum [[/underlined]] several [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] B. lapidarius [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] or [[2 virgin female symbols]] seen. [no other aculeates seen] [[underlined]] Exolytus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] swept on peninsula. [[underlined]] Pimpla brevicornis [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]], several [[2 female symbols]], probably at Knapweed. [[underlined]] Perilitus [[/underlined]] 1 [[underlined]] Apanteles [[/underlined]] 1 sp. with milky wings. [[underlined]] Ap. [[/underlined]] cf. [[underlined]] fulvipes [[/underlined]] 3 [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] Sigalphus caudatus [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] S. floricola [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Aphaereta cephalotes [[/underlined]] ? 2 [[2 female symbols]] under sea-weed. Scelio ? sp. 1, short wings, under sea-weed. [[end page]] [[start page]] 111.) 22nd Sept. 1935. A fine day, mild, some sun, with westerly breeze: small insects very numerous. [[underlined]] Furry Glen, Phoenix Park, Co. DU. [[/underlined]] All insects swept by stream, or taken with sucker from leaves of Coltsfoot, above where main avenue crosses glen above the pond & below a house with sewage tank draining into stream [No aculeates seen in park, but [[underlined]] Vespa [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] (? all [[underlined]] vulgaris [[/underlined]]) very numerous at Harolds Cross, &c.]. [[underlined]] Phaenocarpa picinervis [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Ph. livida [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Pentapleura angustula [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] [[male symbol]]. Aspilota 15 ex. ca. 7 spp.? (including 2 [[underlined]] Synaldis [[/underlined]]) = [[underlined]] Synaldis concolor [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]], 2 [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] Synaldis longicornis [[/underlined]] m ? 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Dacnusa lateralis [[/underlined]] ? 2 [[2 male symbols]] D pallidistigma ? 7 exx [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]]. D. ovalis ?? 3 [[2 male symbols]], with 26, 31 & 35 jointed antennae. [[underlined]] D. areolaris [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] 1 small [[female symbol]] mtd. only. D. sp.? like small "[[underlined]] rotundiventris [[/underlined]] mihi", [[female symbol]], 35 jointed antennae & wide rugose sternauli. [[underlined]] Ephedrus validus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] & 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Aphidius [[/underlined]], 1 [[male symbol]], not kept. [[underlined]] Opius irregularis [[/underlined]] ? 2 [[2 male symbols]], many [[2 female symbols]], I believe all taken on the Coltsfoot leaves. [[underlined]] Opius clarus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] 1 [[underlined]] Apanteles [[/underlined]] - 1 [[strikethrough]] Dicaelotus [[/strikethrough]] ? [[insertion]] Centeterus ? [[/insertion]] - 1 [[male symbol]] 1 [[female symbol]] very curious little sp. near last. = [[underlined]] Epitomus pygmaeus [[/underlined]] Brischke {AWS. 5.11.35.} [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]], with banded wings, near [[underlined]] areator [[/underlined]] group? P.T.O. [[line across page]] [2 spp. taken by E. O'Mahony in St. Anne's, Clontarf, Co. DU. = [[underlined]] Ichneumon latrator [[/underlined]] var [[underlined]] means [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] ? a nice red [[female symbol]].
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Reviewed. Solved some [[?]] -@siobhanleachman