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4.4.53 cont.

Perkins agrees it is this & says that it is the first specimen that he has seen from the British Isles.  The second belongs to a species which has long puzzled me: [[strikethrough]] as I had only ♂︎♂︎ but [[/strikethrough]] the ♀︎ I sent him was taken at –
 
He names it Dolichochorus longiceps Strobl. apparently described from a single ♀︎  (& ♂︎ unknown).  It is placed by Schmied in the Mesochorini [[strikethrough]] but I cannot see its relationship with this except the ♂︎♂︎ have not got the anal appendages of that [[/strikethrough]] group.  My series of ♂︎♂︎ are as follows:- 

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Borris, Co. CW. 10.6.1935
Athdown, Co. WI. 19.6.1938
Clara, Co. WI. 4.9.1938.
These ♂︎♂︎ are all Acroblapticus dentifer!
Kippure Ho., Athdown, WI.  2♂︎♂︎. 26.9.48. 

From the dates it will be seen that it must at least have two broods in the year!  One of the ♂︎♂︎ taken on 26.9.48 posted to J.F. Perkins today for Brit. Mus. collection. [[/strikethrough]]


6th April '53 Easter Monday. 

After heavy sleety rain at night mainly dry in Dublin;  dull in forenoon, clear & sunny in early afternoon & then heavy hail showers.  In afternoon driven by George (home for week-end) to "Judy's Pinch"


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in Slade of Saggart, where left car & walked (he, I & Daisy) up lane to Mt. Seskin & E. across grass & moor to corner of the new Forestry plantation on Knocknavea, alt. ca. 1,180 ft. where we had a splendid view of the big hills, deep in snow above 1,500 ft.  I have seldom seen the hills so evenly & purely white - even in mid winter. 

On return walk during a hot sunburst saw a ♂︎ Dolerus flying over gorse just E. of the road at Mt. Seskin & caught it.  It proved as expected to the D. aeneus.  Ten minutes later a heavy hail shower passed over before we got back to car. 

In forenoon after sun had come out I saw a ♀︎ Vespa vulgaris flying in back garden - rather unexpectedly! after the last week's weather.  

Collected a few mosses at about 1150 ft. on hare grazing field above Mt. Seskin.  These included:

Mosses as named by Miss Thomson
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[[captions]]
1. ? 
2. Ceratodon purpureus 
3. Weissia controversa 
4. Catherinea undulata 
5. Fissidens cf. decipiens [[/captions]]


7th April. 

A most perfect day, no wind, all sun.
Saw Small White Butterfly in front garden at noon, a ♀︎ Vespa vulgaris & several Bumbles in back garden in afternoon.