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205. 8.9.40, cont. Glending, Co. KD-WI cont. Toxares deltigir 2♀︎♀︎ at 3: 1♀︎ labelled 18/3/41! & the other in 1943. Aphidius spp. very rare, 1♂︎ at 2, a few ♂︎♂︎ at 3, none kept except 1♀︎ A. urticae? at 1, ant. 18. Proctos. Very abundant (but [[strikethrough]] few [[/strikethrough]] only 3 kept) mostly Phaenoserphids. Those kept:- Exallonyx cf. confusus ♀︎ at 2. Aneurrhynchus at 1. Diapriid at 1 = Chalcid 1 mtd. Wall Butterflies common along roadside. 206. 10th Sept. 1940. A fine day, mainly dull, windy (NW) after some rain and a rather deep depression had passed during the night. Drove to Kilkea Park, Co. KD., with A.M. Gwynn and Miss Jeanie Thomson, where met Rev. K.M. Dunlop of Athy: arrived at 11.30 A.M. left at 6.30 P.M. Collected before lunch near where car left at E. end of deerpark (= 1); after lunch from same place to ENE Corner of deerpark in sides & under trees &c. (= (2); then along sheltered sides of wheat-stubble field E. of demesne (= 3); after tea collected a very few insects in same part of woods as 2 (= 4). [Kept 25 from 1, 41 from 2, 13 from 3 & 5 from 4 & these labelled 10.10.43 et seq. Also 5 labelled in 1941, see below.] Kilkea Park, Co. KD. Psithyrus campestris Worn ♂︎♂︎ of rossiellus & 1 fresh ♂︎ of var. panciscanus. [Except some Myrmica ☿☿, & pupa of Dryinid referred to below, no other aculeate & no sawfly seen all day] Dryinid pupa (in sack) on side of green & yellow bag on nettles at 2: long narrow small bug which is very abundant at this season: never emerged! Oronotus binotatus ♀︎ at 1.