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6th April 1938.  A perfect spring day, very hot sun, with cool, but gentle E breeze.

Spent afternoon in back garden, 14 Clareville Rd., Harold's Cross, Dublin, gardening & feeding snails.

Saw in garden:  Peacock Butterfly.
Bombus lucorum [[female symbol, female symbol]] at Mediterranean Heath, Currant trees & Cabbage flowers.
B. agrorum [[female symbol]] at Currant trees.
B. jonellus [[female symbol]] once on Black Currant tree & later at Mediterranean Heath.
Andrena albicans  1 [[male symbol]] seen.
Halictus leucopus  1 [[female symbol]] seen on wall
Vespa vulgaris  1 [[female symbol]] sunning herslef on currant.


8th April 1938.  Another fine sunny day: E. wind.
At 6.15 P.M. a [[female symbol]] Bombus lucorum very busy in back garden at Cabbage flowers:  obviously working!  A [[female symbol]] Bombus terrestris in motor house at same time & put out.
George reported a [[female symbol]] Bombus lapidarius on Cabbage in back garden in afternoon.


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10th April 1938.  Another perfect day so far as sun went, not a cloud or haze, but strong E. wind blowing down the glen & so small insects very scarce.

Glenasmole, Co. DU. noon till 4 P.M.

A few insects swept on lower dam & under trees on W. side of lower reservoir where some shelter.

Bombus hortorum [[female symbol]] seen repeatedly at Primrose flowers on bank in the "nettle glade" below dam 2.
B. agrorum & lucorum [[female symbol, female symbol]] frequent.
[B. terrestris [[female symbol]] believed seen by George]
Bombus muscorum  1 fresh [[female symbol]] on Dandelion.
Psithyrus distinctus  several [[female symbol, female symbol]] seen.
Andrena nigroaenea  1 [[male symbol]] by river near road.
A. albicans  [[male symbol, male symbol]] & [[female symbol, female symbol]] very common near Mrs. Doyle's.
Nomada leucophthalma  [[male symbol, male symbol]] seen in "willow glade".
[Did not visit the real bee banks!]
Dolerus nigratus  2 [[male symbol, male symbol]] below lower dam & lower down glen.
Nematine sp.?  1 [[female symbol]] swept under trees, west of reservoir.
Hemiteles sp.  1 [[female symbol]], small, sent to B.M.
Cryptid ?  1 red [[male symbol]], broad areolet: kept.
Pimpla brevicornis  1 [[male symbol]] at gorse flowers: to BM.