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89. 3rd Dec. 1936 (Really 2nd Dec. but all specimens labelled "3rd" A.W.S.) Very stormy (W-SW) but not cold. Rode to [[underlined]] Glenasmole, Co. DU., [[/underlined]] but too windy & all vegetation, usually swept, cut down to "tidy" the place. 2.30 till 4.30 P.M. [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] 2 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] of 2 spp. = [[underlined]] Pezomachus rufulus [[/underlined]] 4 all red [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]]; also 1 [[female symbol}} with black head ? this sp. [[underlined]] Stenomacrus ventralis [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]]: 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]] kept & mtd. [[underlined]] Mesochorus [[/underlined]] 1 dark [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Collastes braconius [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Aspilota "radialis [[/underlined]] miki" ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Dacnusa longiradialis [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. Cynipid, with wings folded over back, 1 [[female symbol]] 6th Dec. 1936. A fine day after frost. No hymenoptera active, but a few swept. Slade of Saggart, Co. DU. 11.30 till 2.00. [[underlined]] Stenmacrus ventralis [[/underlined]] 3 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] mtd on one card, others seen, no [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] Cynipid 1 taken Cholcids 2 spp (only kept) [[underlined]] Apion [[/underlined]] sp. [[end page]] [[start page]] 90. 9th Dec. 1936. A perfect day, after frosty night, preceded by a mild day. No hymenoptera seen active, but some swept under trees on west side of town reservoir by the hut [[insert[[ = 1 [[/insert]] & at east end of lower dam [[insert]] = 2. [[/insert]] 2.30 - 4.0 P.M. Glenasmole, Co. DU. [[underlined]] Pezomachus rufulus [[/underlined]] 10 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]], amongst grass, &c. under trees near the hut. [[?6/C]] var. of last 3 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] with last; but with darker head & abdomen. [[underlined]] Stenomacrus ventralis [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] at 1, [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] at 2: only 1 [[female symbol]] kept. [[underlined]] Blacus breviarticulatus [[/underlined]] miki 1 [[female symbol]]. Chalcids 2. Two caddis flies in field beside road, below 1st dam, amongst rushes, &c., on way up: = [[underlined]] Chaetopteryx villosa [[/underlined]] F. [No collecting possible between 9th & 20th Dec. owing to gales, rain &c.]