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9th June 1938.  Another beautiful day spoiled by heavy & frequent showers from SW-W, though in afternoon a cool breeze blew in from the sea (N.W.).  Spent both morning & afternoon in lane at "Ballytaylor H.", N. of Bushmills, as on 8th, but almost impossible to sweep owing to wet vegetation, which never got a chance of drying.  In morning took 1 [[male symbol]] & 1 [[female symbol]] Dacusa petiolatus during rain, the former within 4 feet of that taken on 8th, the latter at field end of plantation & also in the lane.  

All these were taken where Ranunculus repens was the dominant plant, but many grasses & other plants also grew there.  In afternoon getting desperate at approach of "umpteenth" shower I went into the plantation W of lane & did some bold sweeping till the net was sodden:  in doing so I nearly swept a [[female symbol]] Pheasant which flew off her nest containing about a dozen eggs.

Morning = 1.  Afternoon 2 =.
[23 from 1 labelled 16/1/40 & some already labelled [D. Bushfoot Co. AN. AWS. (1) (2) 9.6.38]
67 from 2 labelled 18/1/40 & some already labelled]


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9.6.38 cont.  Lane & plantation at "Ballytaylor House", Dundarave, Bushmills, Co. AN.

[Stenomacrus curvicaudata 1 [[female symbol]] subsequently found in laurel-tube believed taken on this date! AWS. 20/1/40]

Bombus lucorum  1 huge [[female symbol]] seen, hardly able to fly after shower;  also several [[juvenile symbol, juvenile symbol]]
b. agrorum  [[female symbol, female symbol]].
Vespa rufa several [[juvenile symbol, juvenile symbol]], one kept.  M.D.S. also reported a [[juvenile symbol]] Vespa at same place on 8th, which was no doubt same species:  one very "red" [[juvenile symbol]] kept.
Sawflies 3: = Tenthredella arcuta  1 dark [[male symbol]] at 2.
Ametastegia glabrata  1 [[female symbol]] at 2.
Pteronidea myosotidis ?  1 [[male symbol]] at 2.
Phaeogenid, reddish [[female symbol]] at 2, ? gen. et sp., near to Aethecerus or Pheogenes
Cryptid red [[male symbol]], 29 seg. ant. at 2.
Hemiteles aperta ?  1 [[male symbol]] at 1.
Exolytus red 2nd seg. abd. 1 [[male symbol]] at 2.
Atractodes ? 1, red, at 2.
Cremnodes atricaphillus  1 [[female symbol]] at 2.
Hemiteles ? 1 black, matt, stout, [[male symbol]] at 2.
Pimpla turionellae ?? 1 large [[female symbol]] at 2.
P. depositor  1 [[female symbol]] at 2.
Stenomacrus sp. near pallipes ? 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]] at 1;  2 [[male symbol, male symbol]], 2 [[female symbol, female symbol]] at 2.
St. cf. nemoralis ?  1 [[female symbol]], dark legs, at 1.
St. palustris ?? 1 [[male symbol]] at 2.
St. ventralis  1 [[female symbol]] at 2.
Cteniscus  2 [[male symbol, male symbol]] at 2.
Promethes scutellaris  1 [[male symbol]] at 2.
P. cognatus & pulchellus  1 [[female symbol]] each at 2.
Perilissus subcinctus ?  1 [[female symbol]] at 2.
Mesochorus dark stigma  1 [[female symbol]] at 1.
M. pale stigma  1 [[female symbol]] at 1.
M. ? same as above sp. [[north arrow]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 2.