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92/ 18.8.37 aft. cont. R. Boyne below Trim, Co. ME. cont. Trioxys aceris ? 1 [[female symbol]]. Trioxys ? sp. ? 2 [[male symbol, male symbol]], only 13 seg. ant. Praon volucre 1 [[female symbol]]. Aphidius sp. 1 [[female symbol]]. A. sp. ? 1 [[male symbol]] Proctos. 6 exx. Chalcid. Spalangia umbellatarum Fist. (? 1 [[female symbol]] A.W.S.) fide Ferriers, 1939. 20th Aug. 1937, late evening (at dark), slight drizzle after a fine day. With Dr. H. Seccombe-Hett to look for Leisler's Bat. Grazing field 2 miles West of Tallaght, Co. Dublin. 8.30 till 9.15 P.M. when too dark to see. One Leisler's Bat seen first at 8.55 & at intervals till Dr. Hett shot at it about 9.20 to 9.30 (time not certain!), where it fell near hedge & tree & we were unable to find it that night. About a dozen Ichs. & Braconids swept in sheltered corner of the field, where also some nettles. 93./ 20.8.37, evening, cont. W. of Tallaght, Co. Dublin. [About 16 kept & these labelled 21/12/38.] Cryptid 3 [[male symbol, male symbol]], mt. on one card. Porionid, black, orange abd. 5 [[male symbol, male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]] (not swept at one haul) = Thersilochus? Blacus ruficornis 1 [[male symbol]]. Pentapleura pumilio 1 [[female symbol]]. Dacnusa aphanta [[strikethrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]] [[checkmark]] 1 [[female symbol]]. Cynipid. 22nd August 1937. A fine day, with much sun till 2 P.M., then sultry & dull, with change of wind from W. to E. : flying ants a nuisance on the hills (Myrmica ruginodis & perhaps other spp. of Myrmica). Drove via Roundwood to Laragh & up Glenmacnan to head of waterfall (alt. ca. 1,200 ft) & then walked up Tonelagee to Lough Ouler (1,868 ft): collected (George & I!) at intervals both on way up and way down & made a special collection along S. shore of tarn at foot of cliffs & where rushes formed chief vegetation. Many insects out, mostly Ichs., & few Braconids. Most sent to B.M.