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188.) 8th July 1937. Dull, with rain afternoon, mild but not hot, SW wind (E in. Dublin!) Meadow & ditch under hedge, with Iris & Watercress, &c., Ratoath Bog (SW corner), Co. Meath. 12.30-1,30 P.M. [While men digging for Irish Elk were at their dinner!] Most sent to BM Gen. et. sp.? A very curious little [[female symbol]] Ichneumon, ca. 2-3 mm. with short terebra beyond, 16 seg antennae, & altogether peculiar stigma & nervuration, like Porizonini: put next [[underlined]] Phrudus [[/underlined]] as suggested by J.F.P. April 1938. [[underlined]] Platylabus dimidiatus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] Cryptid, red, 1 [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Pezomachus [[/underlined]] gonatopenis ? 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] ? black, dull, very strongly sculptured [[male symbol]]: [[underlined]] look interesting. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Pimpla [[/underlined]] sp.? 1 [[male symbol]]: brown abd., looks immature, [[underlined]] brevicornis [[/underlined]] group. [[underlined]] Mesoleius [[/underlined]] ? black sp. 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] M. [[/underlined]] ? red sp. 1 [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Orthocentrus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Tryphon trochanteratus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Helictes [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Absyrtus luteus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Mesochorus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[end page]] [[start page]] 189.) 8.7.37 cont. Ratoath Bog, ME. cont. [[underlined]] Sigalphus [[/underlined]] pallipes [[checkmark]] [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] only: 2 kept only, one with dark streaks on legs. [[underlined]] Rhogas irregularis [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] common: none kept. [[underlined]] Apanteles [[/underlined]] spp. sent to BM: none kept. [[underlined]] Euphorus (pallipes [[/underlined]] ? frequent.) the only specimen [[underlined]] kept [[/underlined]] is [[underlined]] grandiceps [[/underlined]] Thoms. [[underlined]] Perilestes [[/underlined]] 1 testaceous [[female symbol]] = [[underlined]] Meteorus [[/underlined]] cf. [[strikethrough]] profligator? [[/strikethrough]] delator or cinctellus ? 1 [[female symbol]] very small. [No [[underlined]] Blacus [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] Opius [[/underlined]] !] [[underlined]] Phaenocarpa ruficeps [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] (sent to BM.) Aspilota & Synaldis 3 only = [[underlined]] Aspilota [[/underlined]] large head, red petiole, short x-? cubital [[male symbol]] 18 seg. ant. [[underlined]] Syndaldis [[/underlined]] parvicornis ? 1 [[female symbol]] S. 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Dacnusa areolaris [[/underlined]], 1 [[female symbol]] kept only, legs reddish terebra exserted (? due to contraction of abd.), [[underlined]] maculipes & longiradialis [[/underlined]] (1 [[female symbol]]) [[underlined]] D. aphanta [[/underlined]] frequent. [[underlined]] D. diremta [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] D. cyclops [[/underlined]] 2 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] kept. [[underlined]] D. elegantula [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] D. raissa [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] D. siniffa [[/underlined]] ? 1 fine [[female symbol]]. "Ametria" uliginosa 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Chorebus lymphatus [[/underlined]] 2 large [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] and one small [[female symbol]], [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] with dark wings: all swept in sunk ditch, under hedge, with [[underlined]] Glyceria fluitans [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Ephedrus validus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Aphidius [[/underlined]] very abundant but only 1 [[male symbol]] kept: = [[underlined]] Proctos [[/underlined]] 3 or 4 only; some Platygasters sent to B.M.
Transcription Notes:
Changed the over 13 "[[illegible]]" items originally entered on the top half of the first page to the actual words or [[?]] where I couldn't read them either. For future reference, use [[?]] instead. Also, the transcription instructions (see button on any page) also cover how to handle things you can't make out and other markup. - @raferrante
Changed "Gorizinni" to Porizonini. Same with "Platylatus" to Platylabus. I've found Google and other sources very helpful in figuring out species names. Porizonini is a species of hymenoptera, the focus of Stelfox's studies. - @raferrante