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36.) 21.5.34 cont. Kilcarry Bridge, CW. cont. [[underlined]] Bracon epitriptus [[/underlined]] ?? [[strikethrough]] sp. [[/strikethrough]] 7 [[2 male symbols]] & [[insertion]] ^ 4 [[/insertion]] [[2 female symbols]] [[insertion]] - ? all one species. [[/insertion]] taken with sucker just inside gate from road & amongst brambles, &c. &c. Very variable! [[underlined]] B. satanas [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]], with 37 jointed antennae, sinnate suturiform articulations, &c. [[underlined]] B. tornator [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Euphorus pallidipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Aphidius [[/underlined]] 2 spp. 2 [[male symbols]]. Procots. Chalcids. From 2 batches of [[underlined]] Apanteles [[/underlined]] (White) cocoons found beside dead [[underlined]] aurinia [[/underlined]] larvae in marsh - specimens of [[underlined]] Ap. melitaearum [[/underlined]] Wilkinson emerged from 23.5.1934 onwards : examined by D.W. Wilkinson in Oct 1936 & made co-types of his n. sp. A.W.S. 24.1036. [[double lines across page]] During June 1934 two unlabelled cocoons, which I am certain I collected in Duncarron district, Co. WX on above trip, produced the following :- [[underlined]] Aphidius [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] from Aphid on head of grass. [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] areator ? [[male symbol]] from cocoon of Campoplegid? [[underlined]] A.W.S. [[/underlined]] [[line across page]] 21.5.34 cont. Raheen, Co. WI. 5.0 - 5.30 PM. A few insectes swept in shelter of road just below bridge & one or two lower down streams, but very windy & few insects out : great growth since this day [[week?]] nevertheless. [[underlined]] Dolerus nigratis [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] D. aeneus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Empria [[/underlined]] sp. [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Exephanes occupator [[/udnerlined]] ? [[female symbol]] Cryptid 1 red [[male symbol]]. Earinus [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Euphorus pallidipes [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Aspilola distracta [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] 2 small Cynipids. [[end page]] [[start page]] (37. 22nd May 1934, evening 6.0 - 7.0 PM. Garden at 14 Clareville Road, Harold's Cross, Co. DU. [[underlined]] Homocidus ornatus [[/underlined]], var [[underlined]] deplanatus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] (first [[insertion]] ^ ex. [[/insertion]] taken in garden 1934) has the apically converging keals on 1st segment, supposed to distinguish [[underlined]] deplanatus [[/underlined]] from [[underlined]] ornatus [[/underlined]]; but if this [[female symbol]] is the real [[underlined]] deplanatus [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] Later: this [[female symbol]] is not the same as the Haliday [[female symbol]] & is certainly only a form of [[underlined]] ornatus [[/underlined]] : the Hal [[female symbol]] in museum, may be distinct. It has black antennae smoother 2nd segment, white spot on face &c. AWS. 21.10.34 [[/insertion]] then I agree with authors who lump it with [[underlined]] ornatus [[/underlined]] AWS. 13.10.34. [[underlined]] H. cinctus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol], abd: almost black. [[underlined]] Angitia [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Diaparius [[/underlined]] ? Cryptids 3 [[2 male symbols]] [[underlined]] Bracon variator [[/underlined]] ? 2 [[2 male symbols]]. Cynipids 2. Hover Flies : 2 spp. = [[line across page]] 23rd May 1934, evening, 6.0 PM, onwards. Garden, Harold's Cross, Co. DU, as above. [on return from Museum at 5.15 PM. a small black "ick" ran out of the lock of yard door; when captured it proved to be a [[female symbol]] [[insertion]]^ [[underlined]] Sigalphus aciculatus [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] [[Allodones?]] lepidus [[/underlined]]! [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Pteronidea ribesii [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] [[Diapassus?]] [[/underlined]] ?? 2 [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Bracon variator [[/underlined]] ? 2 small [[male symbol]], 1 normal [[female symbol]]. Campoplegid 1 [[female symbol]] Chalcid & Cynipid. [[line across page]] 24th May 1934, evening. [[underlined]] Homocidus cinctus [[/underlined]] 2, almost black, [[2 female symbols]].
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Unsure of [[Allodones?]] lepidus, [[Diapassus?]] -@siobhanleachman