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215./ 8.5.1938 cont. Glenasmole, DU. cont. Aspilota spp. (only 1 kept) = A. grandipennis ? 1 [[male symbol]] at 1: very large, 28 seg. ant., but 2nd cubital cell very short & deep. Dacnusa bellina 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]] kept from 2: [[male symbol]] has very large mandibles? D. areolaris frequent (none kept). D. pubescens ? 1 [[female symbol]] at 1 D. laevipectus ? 1 [[male symbol]] & 1 [[female symbol]] at 1; also 1 [[male symbol]] at 2 (kept). D. stramineipes 1 beautiful [[male symbol]], with very yellow tail, at 1 Monoctonus caricis 1 [[male symbol]] at 1 (not kept). Aphidius none kept but frequent Proctos, very scarce: only a very few seen & only 1 Playtgaster ? (from 1) kept = Platygaster with expanded seg. 3 of antennae, from 1. 216./ 13th May 1938. Very strong S-SW wind, with slight drip at times, but no real rain: mild. Went by 2.30 bus to Bohernabreena & walked up Glenasmole. Very difficult to get shelter there, otherwise could have come home loaded with insects. Glenasmole, Co. DU. 2.30 till 6.0 P.M. 1 = W. side of lower reservoir 2 = area above lower reservoir & below upper dam i.e. path from Moore's to upper spill-way, area between Moore's garden & river & along shore of same back to road along lower reservoir, the last being quite new ground for me. All insects swept & nearly all packed up for B.M. [20 from 1 & 13 from 2 kept & labelled 9/12/39, others previously labelled! A.W.S. No aculeates seen but a few [[female symbol, female symbol]] Bombi: no [[juvenile symbol, juvenile symbol]] yet seen. Sawflies. Dolerus niger 1 huge [[female symbol]] at 1. Empria 1 [[female symbol]] sent to BM. = Empria pulverata [[female symbol, female symbol]] Gen. et sp. ? resembles St. lineatus: 4 [[female symbol, female symbol]] at 1. 3 kept, 1 sent to BM. Same as [[female symbol]] taken on 24/4/38. Sp. ? 1 black [[female symbol]]; orange stigma at 1 = Lygaeonematus laricis 1 [[female symbol]]
