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91.)

20th Dec. 1936.  A nice mild day with much sun in Dublin, cloudy in hills, but spoiled by S-SW gale.  Rode to Slade of Saggart & sucked both sides, but no hymenoptera seen on east side & almost all taken were captured with the sucker on bramble leaves:  sweeping yielded nothing but a couple of cynipids & 1 very small black [[underlined]] Exallonyx [[/underlined]] ?

Slade of Saggart, Co. DU.  12.30-2.30 P.M.

[[underlined]] Stilpnus gagates [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]]

[[underlined]] Stenomacrus ventralis [[/underlined]] 9 [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]], 22 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] (1 each kept: rest sent to J.F.P.)

2 Plectiscids: = [[underlined]] Pantisarthrus ochropus [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]].

[[underlined]] Blacus breviarticulatus [[/underlined]] miki 1 [[female symbol]]
[[underlined]] Dacnusa longiradialis [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]].

Procto   2 small black
Cynipids  2
Chalcids  2

[Wasps looked for at Wellington House under very favourable circumstances, but none seen in any blossom.]

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92.)

26th Dec 1936.  A fine winter's day, with no wind, some clouds & considerable sun, but pretty cold.  The third fine day in succession.  Rode to Slade of Saggart where arrived at 11.30 AM & left about 2.30 PM.  Only collected on W. side of the slade & most insects taken with sucker, though a few swept off sparse grass & other vegetation under trees along old track or in upper part of glen.

Slade of Saggart, Co. DU.  11.30 till 2.30.

[[underlined]] Phygadeuon [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]]
[[underlined]] Stilpnus gagetes [[/underlined]] ? 3 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] (?) 2 sent to J.F. Perkins
[[underlined]] Stenomacrus ventralis [[/underlined]] 12 [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] & 12 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] taken, some of the [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] very dark, with sternum almost black, but still I think this sp. & not [[underlined]] S. ridibundus [[/underlined]]: 2  [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]], 2  [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] kept:  rest sent to J.F.P.  [[strikethrough]] 1 [[male symbol]] is ? ridibundus! AWS 11/2/37 [[/strikethrough]] NO!
[[underlined]] Orthocentrus protuberans [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]
[[underlined]] Plectiscids [[/underlined]]: 2 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] = [[underlined]] Plectiscus communis [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] = [[underlined]] Aperileptus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]
[[underlined]] Dacnusa longiradialis [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]].
[[underlined]] Aphidius [[/underlined]] spp.  All swept & most along old [[strikethrough]] track [[/strikethrough]] road under trees
= [[underlined]] Monoctonus caricis [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]].
[[underlined]] Aphidius sonchi [[/underlined]] ?? 3 [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]].

Proctos  2 Phaenoserphids

One remarkable [[underlined]] Diaprid [[/underlined]] ? with [[image: drawing]] abdomen seen running about on bramble leaf & then stop & spread her wings flat on leaf & hoist up her abdomen vertically - to air - what I took to be a gnat was flying about 3 inches above the leaf - she remained in this altitude till I captured her in sucker.  I think "she" is a [[female symbol]]!