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114. 23rd June 1940. Cooler, strong E wind, after rain on 22nd during night. Small insects rare. Sides of canal, & field drains E & W of lock at Landenstown Ho. Co. KD. [Only 14 from 1 & 6 from 2 mounted & these labelled 19/12/42, A.W.S.] 1 = edge of calan (N. bank) & field-drains N. of road along canal, 1/4 mile West of lock. 2 = side of canal (S. bank) along reed-bed 300 yards East of lock. Blennocampa tenuicornis? ♂ at 1. Trichiocampus [[strikethrough]] drewseni? [[/strikethrough]] ♂ at 1 = eradiatus √ R.B. Benson 11.3.43. Colpomeria quadrisculpta ♀ at 2. Homocidus bizonarius ♀ at 2. Perilissus dissimilis or subcinctus? ♂ at 1. Mesoleius? red sp. ♀ at 1, with matt abdomen. Bracon rivalis m. ♀ at 1. B. cf fulvipes? ♂ at 2, with 33-seg. ant.: probably a starved ♂ of this species. Opius cf. rictus? ♂ at 1, with 33-seg. ant. 115. 23.6.40, cont. Landenstown, KD., cont. Aphaereta tenuicornis ♂ & ♀ at 1. Aspilota cf. viatica? ♂ at 1, with very long 23-seg. ant. but quadrate post-petiole! Dacnusa clarinervis m. ♀ at 1, with v. clear wings & 30-seg. ant. D. grossa m. ♀ at 2, with 30-seg. ant. = ? large var. of melanocera fide Nixon. D. polita-nigra m. ♀ at 2, with 26-seg. ant. Coelinius sp.? ♂ at 1, with 41-seg. ant. (cf. n. sp. Sligo) Aphidius cf. sonchi 2 ♀♀ at 1, with 17-seg. ant. A. gregarius? ♀ at 2, with 19-seg. ant.; fits this sp. well but colour slightly darker than Marshall's (?bred series). Hempteron, very small sp. at 1 =