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4.5.47, cont.  Kelly's Glen, &c. Co. DU.

& probably B. agrorum;  also examined a ♂︎ Andrena nigroaenea at foot of Kilmashogue lane;  & another smaller ♂︎ Andrena higher up which had dentate mandibles & was certainly either apicata or praecox, I think the latter from its small size, but without killing it I could not make sure.  Willows by stream very backward & not nearly in flower.  Cuckoo heard several times, Sand Martin seen near Tibradden sand-pit, Swallows in various places, Willow Warblers everywhere, but no Chiffchaff heard during the afternoon.  Both Viola Riviniana & Reichenbachiana seen in flower, the latter only near Whitechurch.  Vespa sylvestris ♀︎ seen in Kilmashogue lane & another ♀︎ (probably V. vulgaris) seen near Tibraddan.


6th May 1947.

A fine sunny day, after heavy rain at night & cold sleaty shower between 6 & 8 P.M. previous evening, but wind (S-SE) very strong - too strong for insects.  In afternoon rode with M.W.R. Graham to Gollierstown, on Grand Canal, Co. Dublin, arriving there about 3.30 & leaving at 5.0 P.M.  Except in shelter of old quarry holes S. of canal & W. of bridge, no hymenoptera taken, but by sweeping in the shelter our combined efforts produced the following.


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6.5.47, cont.  Gollierstown, Co. DU., cont.

Insects swept in shelter of old quarry hole S. of canal.

Hemiteles or Phygadeuon  ♂︎, small species.
Opius irregularis  1♂︎, taken by Graham.
Dacnusa maculipes Th.  2♂︎♂︎.
D. laevipectus v. tibialis miki:  about a dozen ♂︎♂︎ & several ♀︎♀︎.  One ♂︎ has curious long radial cell, with long 1st abscissa nearly at right angles to stigma, giving the radial cell a box-like appearance & quite different from that of the other specimens.
D. longiradialis  2♂︎♂︎ - with much paler legs than any of last.
D. areolaris??  Possibly several ♂︎.
Aphidius sp.  1♂︎, dark legs.
Cynipid  1 taken by each of us;  very small species.

Two Small White Butterflies seen on road & one Peacock seen at Gollierstown by Graham.

Many Swallows & Willow Warblers, several House Martins seen near Milltown on return journey.

A few Bombus seen probably lucorum, terrestris & muscorum.  Also Andrena nigroaenea ♂︎ at canal.