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209./ 1st May 1938. Strong & very cold E. wind, sunny in afternoon, dull in morning: a very harsh day. Did not go out in morning: went by bus to Bohernabreena & walked up Glenasmole, by E. side of lower reservoir & back via upper dam & Moore's. Insects scarce. Glenasmole, Co. DU. 3.0 till 6.0 P.M. 1 = top of coombs E. of lower reservoir, mostly swept under larch & in corner of fields sheltered from winds or off Salix & birth in "willow glade". 2 = under trees near Mr. Moore's garden & between that & river; below upper dam. [15 from 1 & 4 from 2 labelled 3.12.39; a few labelled before this! A.W.S.] Antaeon 1 [[male symbol]] swept at 2: none seen at 1 Alomya debellator 1 large, red, [[male symbol]] seen in larch grass, at 1. Hemiteles 1 [[female symbol]] at 1. Cratocryptus ??? 1 [[male symbol]], white fact at 1 = Homocidus subopaca 1 [[male symbol]] swept at 2. H. dimidiatus ? 1 small [[male symbol]] swept at 2, with last. Plectiscus ? 1 [[female symbol]] at 1, 20-seg. ant. Bathystomus funestis ? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[marginalia]] Many Swifts seen at Bohernabreena & lower reservoir: none in Dublin. Almost all sent to B.M. [[/marginalia]] 210./ 1.5.38 cont. Glenasmole, Co. DU. cont. Euphorus picipes ? 1 at 1. E. similis ? 1 at 1. E. pallidistigma 1 at 1. Opius caelatus Hal. 1 [[male symbol]] swept at 2. Alysia truncator ? 1 [[male symbol]] at 1, swept in willow glade. {1 [[female symbol]] taken here on 8/5/1938 & sent to Nixon. Phaenocarpa galatea 1 [[female symbol]] Aspilota rufata 1 [[male symbol]], at 1; another [[male symbol]], swept at 2 A. vulgaris ? 1 [[male symbol]], 2 [[female symbol, female symbol]] Dacnusa Ephedrus 1 [[male symbol]] swept at 2. Scelio 1 at 2. 3 Serphids at 1 (all sent to B.M.) Sawfly: = Lygoeonematus laricis 1 [[female symbol]] at 1. [A [[male symbol]] Dolerus plaustris taken at head of upper reservoir in Glenasmole on 8/5/39 by E. O'Mahony.]