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13th May 1937, evening.
Garden, 14 Clareville Rd., Harold's Cross, DU.

Phaeogenid ? 1 black [[male symbol]], with abd. sculptured almost like a [[underlined]] Pimpla. [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] Omorga or Angitia [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]].


14th May 1937 (Friday!)  A perfect day, the second in succession, after a cold dull or wet week.  Almost all many, except in morning when a few clouds hung over Ballyhubbock & a rather strong N.W. wind blew along the river.  Drove to Ballyhubbock Bridge on R. Slaney & after lunch back to Raheen on Dunlavis-Baltinglass road.  Aculeates very abundant on all banks, &c., i.e. [[underlined]] Andrena [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] Halictus, Spherodes & Nomada, [[/underlined]] but no great variety;  Bumbles very scarce;  sawflies rarely seen;  icks not numerous;  [[underlined]] Dacnusa [[/underlined]] very common & a good many other Braconids also;  a few Proctotypids

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14/5/37 cont.

Marshes & banks below Ballhubbock Bridge & on both sides of R. Slaney, Co. WI.  11.30-2.0 PM.

[[underlined]] Bombus derhamellus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on [[underlined]] Vicia sepium. [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] with last.
[[underlined]] B. muscorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] seen.
[[underlined]] B. hortorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on [[underlined]] Pedicularis [[/underlined]] flowers.
[No [[underlined]] B. lucorum [[/underlined]] seen at all;  though a few [[underlined]] Bombi [[/underlined]] heard & not identified].
[[underlined]] Andrena sericea [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] in dozens & some fresh [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] on both sides of river, in sandy alluvial bank.
[[underlined]] A. jacobi [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]], I think this sp. seen.
[[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus, calceatus, tumulorum, leucopus [[/underlined]] and probably [[underlined]] albipes & pygmaeous [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] seen.
[[underlined]] Sphecodes monilicornis [[/underlined]] 1 large [[female symbol]] taken & others seen at sandy banks.
[[underlined]] S. hyalinatus [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] several [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] at bank by river.
[[underlined]] Nomada [[/underlined]] very common:  most looked like [[underlined]] N. bifida [[/underlined]] but none examined or taken.
(No [[underlined]] [[?Solius]] fuscus [[/underlined]] seen, but M.D.S. reported a "black [[underlined]] Pompilus [[/underlined]] with white spot":  probably an [[underlined]] Ichneumon. [[/underlined]])
[[underlined]] Salandria flascus [[/underlined]] 1 small [[male symbol]] swept.
[[underlined]] Tom luteiventris [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]
[[underlined]] Loderus vestigialis [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] 
[No [[underlined]] Dolerus [[/underlined]] seen]