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105. 10th May 1944. A very nice day, with much sun, falling glass, but very strong W. breeze. At lunch time in hot sun saw the first Crabro in garden, either a small ♂︎ leucostomus or a large ♂︎ varius. Also saw first worker Bombus - jonallus - at flowers of Mediterranean Heath. 14th May 1944. A fine sunny day, with strong cold N.E. wind, after a dull & very cold day! Did not go out till after lunch, but collected a few things in garden in forenoon. Garden, 14 Clareville Rd., Dublin [7 labelled 3.11.1946!] Crabro varius & C. leucostomus; plenty of former, a few of latter. Vespa germanica & V. vulgaris ♀︎♀︎ seen [No Bumbles seen!] Sawflies. Athalia liberta? Yellow pleura & venter! ♂︎ & Pontania ♂︎ "Pimpla" oculatoria ♂︎, ant. 28. Homocidus tarsatarius a fine ♀︎, ant. 22. H. subopacus ♂︎, ant. 21. Bracon triangularis ♂︎, ant. 37. Dipteron (? Trypetid = 106. 14.5.1944, cont. Afternoon. Grand Canal, W. of Clondalkin, Co. DU. Collected by sweeping at three places:- 1 = reed bed by side of canal just above 3rd lock above Clondalkin. 2 = between canal & parallel drain, 1/2 mile further up, just above dairy farm gate. 3 = in hay-field parallel to canal & S. of it at same place as station 2. Taken at 1. Pachynematus diaphanus? ♂︎. Cryptinids 6: 2 mounted = Phygadeuon? ♀︎, ant. 18, short terebra Atractodes (♀︎?), ant. 19. Zortrephus suspiciosus? 1♂︎, ant. 20, mounted on its back! Stenomacrus curvicaudatus ♀︎, ant. 26. Campoplegids 1♂︎ Meloboris & 1♀︎ of other genus. not mtd. Opius caesus ♂︎, not mtd. Aspilota (Synaldis) parvicornis ♀︎, very small, ant. 15. A. (Synaldis) parvicornis female, still more minute, ant. 13, cf. specimen in Haliday coll. & his record of concolor with only 13-seg. antennae.