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52/ 28.7.37 cont. Ballyteige Burrow, WX, cont. Cinxaelotus erythrogaster ? 1 [[female symbol]], very dark var. Meloboris 1 [[female symbol]], very curved terebra! Mesochorus nigripes ? 1 [[male symbol]], [[strikethrough]] very small. [[/strikethrough]] Chalcids: 1 wingless, squat, sp. taken by George Chalcids 1 small black sp. taken by George. Proctos 2. 29th July 1937. A blazing sunny day, with never a cloud, but quite cool north breeze. Not a day for small insects & few out till late aft. Spent 1 1/2 hours in dunes & edge of marsh at Curracloe in morning; worked Doo Lough & adjoining kettle holes in aft., & in evening worked small kettle hole near old church of Kilmacoe, Ballinesker & site of ruined cottage near Lough-na-peesta, where Helorus taken on 27th. 53./ 29.7.37 morning. Dunes & edge of marsh N. of road to sea, Curracloe, Co. WX. Noon till 1-30 P.M. [Only 14 kept & these labelled 14/10/38! AWS] Ichneumon sarcitorius 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]] on wild carrot flowers. Colpognathus celerator 1 [[male symbol]]. C. divisus 2 [[female symbol, female symbol]] Oronotus binotatus 1 [[male symbol]] Cryptus viduatorius ? 1 small, 1 1 larger, [[female symbol, female symbol]] Exetastes fornicator 1 magnificent [[female symbol]] on wild carrot. Coelinius viduus 1 very large [[male symbol]], with 51 seg. antennae. Diptera. Two specimens of a curious little fly taken in the marsh by sweeping (on path across reed bed!) which at first was mistaken for hymenoptera owing to the long legs & antennae : the tarsi are furnished huge long hook-like claws. Pompilus pectinipes 1 [[female symbol]]. P. rufipes 1 [[male symbol]].
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Reviewed. First page edited to Doo Lough see http://ie.geoview.info/doo_lough,3304146
Helorus - genus of wasp
Can't confirm "Lough-na-peesta" -@siobhanleachman