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206./ 10th April 1938 cont. Glenasmole, DU., cont. Angitia ? 2 [[male symbol, male symbol]] like A. rufipes: to B.M. Apanteles sp. sect. 2 1 [[female symbol]] sp.? Dacnusa pubescens 2 [[male symbol, male symbol]] to B.M. D. aphanta 1 [[male symbol]] to B.M. Procto. 1 Cynipid 1. WILLOW WRENS common in glen, Swallows numerous with Sand Martins over Dodder below Bohernabreena. Speckled Wood Butterfly seen & E. O'Mahony, who was collecting beetles with Stanbridge by upper Reservoir saw one [[male symbol]] Orange Tip. 10th-20th April. Owing to break down of car I was not out in the field between these dates, during which time bright cold sunny days alternated with clear frosty nights. In garden on 20th April I saw a perfectly fresh [[female symbol]] Andrena nigroaenea & a rather faded [[female symbol]] Bombus jonellus on Black Currant flowers. Gave the frog a bath. Hawthorn tree now about 7 years old flowered for the first time, very sparingly. Large White Buggerfly [[male symbol]] in garden on 20th. 207./ 24th April 1938. A most perfect day, with gentle N. breeze & some clouds, but much less harsh than for previous month, during which time not a drop of rain has fallen. Went by 11 AM bus to Bohernabreena & stayed in Glenasmole till 5.30 return bus. Glenasmole, Co. DU. 12 noon till 5 P.M. Worked round lower reservoir via coombs & back by road: coombs & willow glades = 1, below upper dam & about Mr. Moore's = 2. [35 from 1 & 11 from 2 kept & these labelled 29/30 Nov 1939. A.W.S.] Wood White Butterfly: several seen at 1 Greenveined & Orange-Tip frequent. Bombus lucorum, lapidarius & agrorum seen. Andrena cineraria [[male symbol]] seen on bank of Dodder between gate off road & Mrs. Doyles. A. clarkella [[female symbol]] seen on Salix (NB. some aurita not yet in flower, though some cinerea in seed. A. albicans & nigroaenea seen. A. small sp. [[male symbol]]. Halictus rubicundus, albipes & leucopus [[female symbol, female symbol]] seen. Nomada gordeniana & many others seen but none examined. Anteon ? sp. ? 4 [[male symbol, male symbol]] at 1 Did not search for Aculeates.