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184. 6.6.39 cont. Torr, Co. AN. cont. Rhogas nigricornis ♂, 46-seg. ant. Centistes lucidator 2♂♂. Opius caesus ♂. Biosteres rusticus? ♂. Aspilota [[strikethrough]] sp. near rufata [[/strikethrough]] cf. prona m. but larger & with 24-seg. ant. ♂ A. (Synaldis) parvicornis 1♂, damaged. Ametria uliginosa? ♂. Chaenusa conjungens ♀. Proctos. 15 = 7th June 1939 Left Ballycastle, Co. AN., by 9.45 train & reached Dublin at 5.30 P.M. Did not collect. Another very hot day, but a few clouds. 185. 8th June 1939. A ♂ Bracon fulvipes bred from a herring gulls nest (No.179) taken at Howth, DU., by E. O'Mahony, on 2.6.39. 11th June 1939. Garden, 14 Clareville Rd., Harold's Cross, Dublin. A showery day, the first rain for a long time, with hot bursts of sun between. Bombus lucorum several ☿☿ B. hortorum 1☿ on Snapdragon. B. jonellus ☿ seen several times on Rosa canina & R. tomentosa flowers. B. agrorum 1 very fresh ☿ seen. Megachile willoughbiella 2♂♂ in holes in post. M. centuncularis ♂ in post. M. versicolor v. hiberniae. 1 fress ♀ at Campanula flower (also I believe a ♂ seen on 9th) Hylaeus [[strikethrough]] cosfusus [[/strikethrough]] communis ♂♂ & ♀♀ in post: 1 [[male symbol]] kept. Crabro clavipes 1 very red ♀ - this & 1♂ kept, several ♂♂ in post. C. varius abundant C. leucostomus 1 seen C. chrysostomus 2♂♂ in post-holes. Vespa austriaca & germanica & vulgaris ♀♀ seen: 1♀ austriaca also & this kept. Chrysis ignita several in post. Homocidus pictus ♂. Perilissus [[?nxerius]] ♀. Oedemotopsis scabricula ♂ [For insects taken in Glenasmole on 11.6.39 by F. O'Rourke see p.189]]