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24.) 5th July 1935. Better than previous days, more sun, less drizzle, but still windy (SW) & things pretty wet. Spent morning 12 noon till 1.30 working lane & garden as on previous forenoon; in afternoon 2.30 till 5.0 PM worked down path to the sea, where tried sea-weed with little effect except [[underlined]] Platymischus dilatatus [[/underlined]] & a small fat Chalcid; also collected at stump & took several things on Nasturtium leaves in front of house. 12.0 till 1.30 Dunkerron Castle, grounds, lane & garden, SK. AM. [[underlined]] Bombus agrorum [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]] seen. [[underlined]] Andrena gwynana [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Sphecodes hyalinatus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Halictus [[calceatus?]] [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Megachile willughbiella [[/underlined]] a very large [[female symbol]] on [[underlined]] Rubus [[/underlined]] flowers. [[underlined]] Vespa austriaca [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] in lane. [[underlined]] V. norvegica [[/underlined]] [[virgin female symbol]] at conifer in field. [[underlined]] V. sylvestris [[/underlined]] abundant on [[underlined]] Scrophularia [[/underlined]] in old "yard". [[underlined]] Odynerus parietinus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] see, [[male symbol]] taken. [[underlined]] Crabro varius, dimidiatus, chrysostomus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] (at post in "yard" field) [[underlined]] C. leucostoma [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Pemphredon shuckardi [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Athalia lineolata [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]], [[underlined]] A. cordata [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[underlined]] A. lugens [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] in lane, AM. [[end page]] [[start page]] (25. 5.7.35, A.M. morning cont. Dunkerron, SK. cont. [[underlined]] Melanichneumon [[femeratata?]] [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]] [[checkmark]] 1 [[male symbol]] in "yard", at [[underlined]] Scrophularia [[/underlined]] in AM. [[underlined]] Ichneumon [[/underlined]] 2 spp. [[2 male symbols]] = { [[underlined]] Melahnichneumon saguinator [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] {[[underlined]] Ichneumon gracilentus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Hemitelus [[/underlined]] 2 very small [[2 male symbols]] carded. [[underlined]] [[Attractodes tenebricosus?]] [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] carded. [[underlined]] Pimpla pictifrons [[/underlined]] ([[underlined]] fide [[/underlined]] J. F. Perkins Aug. 1935) 1 [[male symbol]] & 1 [[female symbol]] swept in lane: [[underlined]] very like a Polysphinctes 7 with an areolet. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Perilissus lutescens [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] in A.M. [[underlined]] Homocidus obscuripes [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] . [[underlined]] Exochus incidens [[/underlined]] ? 1 in AM. [[underlined]] Stenomacrus laricis [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] (carded) Angitea ? - 1 [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Exetastes illusor [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Thersilochus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] (16 jointed antennae!). [[underlined]] Plectiscid [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Bracon fulvipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] B. [[/underlined]] sp.? black 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] B. [[/underlined]] epitriptus ? 2 [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Microgaster [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Euphorus pallidipes [[/underlined]] 1 ([[male symbol]] ?) [[underlined]] Phaenocarpa conspurcator [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Dacnusa [[/underlined]] sp. (same as on 4/7/35?) 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Proctos [[/underlined]] 3 spp. 3 exx
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Unsure of Melanichneumon [[femeratata?]] and [[Attractodes tenebricosus?]] - @siobhanleachman
I believe "Melanichneumon" is actually some form of "melanistic/melanism" and that "femeratata" is possibly "presentation"" indicating the coloration of the bees.
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