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63. 28.3.44, cont. Glenasmole, Co. DU. cont. Salius fuscus ♀︎ seen in 3rd combe. [No Ichneumonidae seen or swept!] Dacnusa longiradialis 1♂︎ - ant. 22, swept under trees by small stream near Moore's garden. Procto. 1 swept in "willow glade" opposite Moore's. 29th - 31st March & 1st April 1944. Dry, dull, & cold with east wind, scarcely a blink of sun, with a bad sky & falling glass on 1st April, on which day 1st anthers seen on flower of Carex stricta in back garden against motor-house wall. 1st April 1944 Strong & cold S.E wind with drizzle or rain all day & heavy rain all night. 2nd April 1944. Frank G. Winder took a ♂︎ Banchus crefeldensis Ulbricht at 1,000 ft. in Glencullen, Co. Dublin. 64. 2nd April 1944. Hot, soft, & sticky with wind SW. - the first day of the kind since January, I think. No rain from dawn till 6 P.M. then a warm heavy drizzle began. In afternoon rode to Castleknock & on to Royal Canal where turned E. & home via Ashtown & the park. Swept a little by two path near Morgan's School, Co. DU., but poor ground & not much seen. [Three only mounted; & labelled 25.2.46] R. Canal, near Morgan's School, Co. DU. Campoplegid ♂︎ & ♀︎ ant. 31 (♂︎) & 30 (♀︎) not taken together! = Biolysia marginella Th. Dacnusa areolaris ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ } not mounted! Monoctonus caricis 4♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎ } not mounted! Cynipid 1♂︎ } not mounted Mymarid with very long antennae = Many small coleoptera taken & given to E. O'Mahony. 4th Ap. 1944. A beautiful day after some rain. Andrena albicans ♂︎ seen in garden at 1 P.M. 6th Ap. 1944. Saw Bombus hortorum at pink Primrose in back garden in forenoon. Daisy reported seeing two Small White Butterflies this day in Belgrave Sq., Rathmines.