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162.) 18th May 1936. A fine afternoon after a foggy & dull morning: keen N.E. wind. Coast for a mile N. of Balbriggan, Co. DU. (With Nora Fisher who was working the rock-pools for Mullusca &c.) Many bees on cliffs facing south on 1st point N. of harbour, including: [[underlined]] Andrena jacobi, nigroaenea, [[/underlined]] albicans; [[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus [[/underlined]] & no doubt other species; [[underlined]] Nomada marshamella & goodeniana [[/underlined]]. Also: - [[underlined]] Andrena wilkella [[/underlined]] many very fresh [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Odynerus pictus [[/underlined]] 1 very fresh [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Chrysis ignita [[/underlined]] several seen, probably [[2 male symbols]]. No other hymenoptera seen except a few [[underlined]] Bombi. [[/underlined]] [[sideways on page]] St. Annes, Co. DU. E. O'Mahony 27.5.36. [[underlined]] Dacnusa [[/underlined]] cf. [[underlined]] aphanta [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Euphorus pallipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Bracon anthracinus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[?]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[/sideways on page]] [[line across page]] 19th May 1936. Taken by E. O'Mahony in St. Anne's, Clontarf, Co. DU., in evening, ca. 8-9 PM. [[underlined]] Arge ustulata [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]] on hawthorn. [[underlined]] Mesoneura opaca [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] with red pronotum, scutellum &c. [[underlined]] Pachynematus [[/underlined]] ? [[insertion]] clitellatus [[/insertion]] 2 [[2 male symbols]], 1 [[female symbol]]. [[sideways on page]] St. Annes Co. DU. E. O'Mahony. 25.5.36 [[underlined]] Pristiphora ruficornis [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Arge ustulata [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Myriarthrus cingulatus [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]] [[/sideways on page]] [[underlined]] Dolerus niger & aeneus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[strikethrough]] [[female symbol]], [[/strikethrough]] each. Apanteles. - 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Cryptus [[/underlined]] sp. 1 [[male symbol]]. [[in box]] 23.5.36. St. Annes, DU. E. O'M. [[underlined]] Bracon anthracinus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. Cryptids 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Campoplegid [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Olesicampa [[/underlined]] ? [[/insertion]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] with fresh [[?]]. [[underlined]] Homocidus dimidiatus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Trichiocampus eradiatus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]. T. " [[ditto for: Trichiocampus]] [[underlined]] ulmi [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]]. [[/in box]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 163.) 19th May 1936. A hot sunny evening, with keen NE. wind. Garden at 14 Clareville Rd., Dublin, as usual. 7-8 PM. [[underlined]] Andrena jacobi [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[female symbol]] seen. [[underlined]] Nomada marshamella [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] seen. Antaeon? 1 small [[male symbol]] on Sycamore leaf. Procto. on Sycamore with last. & another Procto. on 20th May on same. [[line across page]] 21st May 1936. Very hot sun, but keen E. wind [[underlined]] Odynerus pictus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] in garden, 14 Clareville Rd., at 5.20 p.m; but no Crabros. [[underlined]] Procto. [[/underlined]] 1 [[line across page]] 24th May 1936. A miserable day, cold, with an easterly gale & lowering clouds: very glad to have a fire to work by & did not go beyond the garden all day. [[line across page]] 25th May 1936. Nearly all sunny, though fresh & chilly E. wind. [[underlined]] Odynerus pictus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] & [[underlined]] Chrysis ignita [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] in garden, 14 Clareville Rd., at 5.30 P.M. The latter by 6.30 had retired to one of the bores (="bungalows") in the clothes line post. One small [[male symbol]] ick. only seen in garden = [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] ? Also one [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Bombus [[/underlined]] ( [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]] ?) flew off [[underlined]] Erica mediterranea [[/underlined]]; one [[underlined]] Vespa germanica [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen; & one [[underlined]] Cynipid [[/underlined]] seen.
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