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125.)

23rd May 1936.  After a wet night & poor week, very bright till 10 A.M. with very strong W. wind, by no means warm, though sun very hot;  after midday wind from S.E. came in from sea, but no rain till 5 P.M. when deluge from S.E. which followed us home but just stopped at Dublin, where wind again W. & fine evening.

Oak-wood & glen (S. end of), [[underlined]] Dunran, Co. WI. [[/underlined]] 11.30 till 4.30 P.M.
(Most sent on to B.M.).

[[underlined]] Cratichneumon [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]](most sent to BM.): 1 kept only = 
[[underlined]] Phaeogenes [[strikethrough]] fulvitorsis [[/strikethrough]] [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] (to BM.) - No (but [[underlined]] Ph. rusticatus fide [[/underlined]] J.F. Perkins in litt. dated 10.12.1949 from B.M.) A.W.S.
[[underlined]] Phaeogenid [[/underlined]] = 1 [[female symbol]] gen it sp.?
Sawfly = 1 [[female symbol]] Nematine, but gen. [[?cl]] sp.?  AWS 1938.

[[underlined]] Cryptid [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] about 6 or 7 (to BM): the following kept.
[[underlined]] Phygadeuon [[/underlined]] ?? 1 black [[male symbol]] =
[[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] (or Pezomachus)? 1 small testaceous [[male symbol]] 
H. (?) 1 black legged [[male symbol]] (near [[image: drawing]])
H. (?) 1 black [[female symbol]] sculptured like a [[underlined]] Pimpla [[/underlined]].
[[underlined]] Ischnocerus rusticus [[/underlined]] (= [[underlined]] filicornis [[/underlined]]) 1 [[female symbol]] at stump. (to BM.)
[[underlined]] Stilbops vetula [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] frequent.
[[underlined]] Pimpla turionellae [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] (to BM.)
[[underlined]] P. examinator [[/underlined]] 1 fine female examined & let go.

[[underlined]] Dryinid [[/underlined]] = 1 [[female symbol]]
Few Aculeates seen but 1 [[unisex symbol]] [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] seen (1st for 1937).

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126.)

23/5/37 cont.  Dunran, Co. WI., cont.

[[underlined]] Promethes cognatus [[/underlined]]  1 [[male symbol]], 3 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] kept.
[[underlined]] P. laticarpus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] kept.
[[underlined]] P. pulchellus [[/underlined]] 2 [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] kept
[[underlined]] Homocidus obscuripes [[/underlined]] very large [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]]: 1 kept.
[[underlined]] H. pictus [[/underlined]] ? 4 [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] belonging to 3 varieties;  but all three have black scutellum.
[[underlined]] H. flavolineatus [[strikethrough]] or [[?]]? [[/strikethrough]] [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] 
[[underlined]] H. sp. [[/underlined]] ?, black abd., like dimidiatus ? 1 [[male symbol]] ? = n. sp. Scotland/Benson) AWS 1939. [= [[underlined]] collinus [[/underlined]] Stelfox 1940.]
[[underlined]] Orthocentrus [[/underlined]] several spp. [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]]:  only [[strikethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]] two [[male symbol]] kept
= [[underlined]] P. patulus [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] protervus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]
[[underlined]] O. [[/underlined]] sp.? cf corrugatus ?? 1 [[male symbol]]
[[underlined]] Stenomacrus compressa [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]], head already collapsed on one side when examined at 9 P.M.;  but somewhat similar to [[female symbol]]:  nothing the least like this seen when labelling!  AWS. 10/1/1938.
S. cf [[underlined]] callidulus [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] ridibundus [[/underlined]] 3 [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]].
[[underlined]] S. merula [[/underlined]] ? 4 [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]], 2 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]].
Gen. et sp.? 1 [[female symbol]] entirely testaceus, like [[underlined]] Perilissus pallidus [[/underlined]] but has pectinate claws, clouded apex to frong wings &c:  same sp. as [[male symbol]] taken at Clara, WI., on 19.5.29:  AWS 11/1/38.
Campoplegids:  about a dozen:  mostly sent to BM.  Only 2 kept were
[[underlined]] Nepiera concinna [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] & [[underlined]] Canidia [[/underlined]] sp.? 1 [[female symbol]]
[[underlined]] Mesochorus [[/underlined]] several sent to BM.