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19.7.36 cont. Garden, 14 Clareville Rd., DU. cont.
[[underlined]] Bassus laetatorius [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on 16th.
[[underlined]] Homocidus ovatus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] examined. [[underlined]] H. nigritarsus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] on 16th.
[[underlined]] H. pictus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] [[strikethrough]] examined [[/strikethrough]] on 19th. [[underlined]] H. [[/underlined]] ? pictus large form taken.
[[underlined]] Exetastes cinctipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] at Currant bush on 16th.
[[underlined]] Metacoelus mansuetor [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] in garden & not in house! on 16th.
Currant-Clearwing Moth. [[vertical line]] [[underlined]] Macrocentrus collaris [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]], on 16th
Meadow Brown Butterfly seen at 3 PM. [[vertical line]] Omorga? Angitia? } - 1 [[female symbol]] on 19th
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20th July 1936. A fine evening. 5-7 P.M.
Garden, 14 Clareville Rd., DU. as before.
[[underlined]] Halictus "smeathmanellus" [[/underlined]] (Irish form!) 1 [[male symbol]] & 1 [[female symbol]] both absolutely fresh: flying about [[underlined]] Campanula [[/underlined]] at 7 P.M. Never seen in garden or this district before!   [[underlined]] Vespa sylvestris [[/underlined]] 1 [[virgin female symbol]] seen on post.
[[underlined]] Mesoleius [[/underlined]]   at currant bush where many larvae of [[underlined]] Pt. ribesii [[/underlined]] !
[[underlined]] Lissonota [[/underlined]] - 1 [[female symbol]] at currant bush where Clearwing moth lives.
[[underlined]] Apanteles [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]].

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21st July 1936. A cool evening, & little [[sun?]].
Cryptid [[male symbol]] on Black Currant bush in garden, 14 Clareville Rd., DU., in its movements resembling a small sawfly.

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22nd July 1936. Mainly dull & threatening after two fine days & heavy dew at night, but no rain & practically no sun. E. wind in Dublin S or SW in hills.
Slade of Saggart, Co. DU. 2.30-4.30 PM.
[[underlined]] Bombus agrorum [[/underlined]] 1 fresh [[female symbol]] seen, I believe just out of hibernation, rather than new brood. No other bumbles seen so far as I can remember.
[[underlined]] Crabro capitosus [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] 1 [[female symbol]], swept in upper part of glen, possibly near brambles.
[[underlined]] Athalia [[/underlined]] spp. seen.
Sawfly swept in quagmire at upper end of old road through the Slade on W. side, black & white with dark clouded wings = [[underlined]] Emphytus [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Allantus [[/underlined]] = [[/insertion]] togatus [[/underlined]] Pz. [[strikethrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]] [[checkmark]] 1 [[female symbol]].
[[underlined]] Scolioneura betuleti [[/underlined]] ? 1 small [[male symbol]]

All but about 3 icks taken by sweeping sparse undergrowth under trees in various parts
[[underlined]] Dryinids [[/underlined]] ! 2 [[2 male symbols]], 1 [[female symbol]] =

[[underlined]] Cratichneumon [[/underlined]] rufifrons ?? 1 [[male symbol]], very late if this sp. [[underlined]] Colpognathus celerator [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]].
[[underlined]] Dicaelotus [[/underlined]], red sp. [[insertion]] 4 [[2 female symbols]] [[/insertion]] [[insertion]] [[arrow pointing left]] J.F.P. cannot name this, see letter of 5.4.1937. [[/insertion]] ?, but runs to [[underlined]] Cinxaelotus [[/underlined]] in [[Schmiid?]] owing to mandibles
[[underlined]] Epitomus [[insertion]] "This is the [[underlined]] E. parvulus [[/underlined]] Thoms. of Bridgman coll." J.F. Perkins [[underlined]] in litt. [[/underlined]] 5.4.1937! A.W.S. [[/insertion]] pygmaeus [[/underlined]] 5 [[2 female symbols]]. (3 sent to J.F. Perkins!)

Rose leaves cut in July by [[underlined]] Megachile willughbiella [[/underlined]] in garden.

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Same pages are shown in image 98 of this series (but in that image, loose sheets obscure the right-hand page). I've copied the transcription to make sure both of them match. -@mnathan