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310. 22nd June 1941. A fine day, very hot sun during middle of same, dull but hot during the rest, with fresh SW-W breeze. Before starting in morning heard on wireless that Germany had attacked Russia! Rode on cycles to Athdown, Upper Liffey Valley, arriving at 12.30 noon, after lunch collected from from 1 till 4 P.M then after "tea" came back to wood on W. slope of Dowry between Kilbride & Tinnode & swept in [[image]] between roods 20 minutes, but too dry and little out here. All Co. WI. At Athdown swept a little going down to site of footstick & on both sides of river above fall, then up along S. side (left bank) along scarp to head of gorge (= 1): on very back swept more or less same ground but chiefly at fall (left bank) then on right bank under scrub near river & down to oak-wood below fort (= 2). [34 mounted from 1 & 26 from 2: these labelled 30.10.42 at seq. AWS.] Athdown, Co. WI. Nomada a large ♂︎ at 1, with continuous bands on abd. segments as in signata, but presumably only a var. of ruficornis! AWS. 31.10.43. Anteon ♂︎ at 2. Loderus vestigialis ♀︎ at 1. Pachynematus clitellatus? ♀︎ at 1, pale var. Phygadeuon? ♂︎ at 2, ant. 20, red abd. = Hemiteles ♂︎ at 2, short areolar nerve, interstitial anal nerve, ant. 18 = 311. 22.6.41, cont. Athdown, Co. WI., cont. Pimpla alternans v. kolthoffi: a large ♀︎ at 2. Gen. et sp.? ♂︎ (?) at 1 Looks like a male black Bassid with yellow clypeus, red femora & tibiae, very rugose propodeum, 1st & part of 2nd & 3rd tergites placed with Promethes but not, I think, a Bassid. AWS 31.10.43 Homocidus nigritarsis ♂︎ at 2. Mesoleius ♀︎ at 1. Polyblastus? ♂︎ at 2, black femora, ant. 29 = Perilissus cf. orbitalis ♂︎ at 2. Catoglyptus fortipes ♀︎ at 1. Thersilochid ♀︎, ant. 25 at 1 = Plectiscid ♀︎, ant. 20 at 1 = Bracon epitriptus? 2♀︎♀︎ at 1, ant. 27. B. fuscicoxis ♂︎ at 2, ant. 27. B. cf. near tornator ♀︎ at 1, ant. 30, clear wings. B. satanas? ♀︎ at 2, black, polished, very short terebra, ant. 30. Rhogas circumscriptus? ♂︎ at 1. Microctonus cf. cultus? ♂︎ at 1, ant. 22. Perilitus [[strikethrough]] cf. bicolor Th. dark var. [[/strikethrough]] = borealis Thoms. AWS. 1952. ♀︎ at 1, ant. 21. Meteorus leviventris? ♂︎ at 1, ant. 28. M. abdominator Nees. ♂︎, with small wings & [[image]] 2nd cubital, areolet in fore wings, which at first caused me to run it down as a species of Microtypus? Ant. 26. Opius irregularis 3♂︎♂︎ at 1, one with very widely rejected recurrent n. Biosteres procerus Wm. ♀︎ at 1. B. wesmaeli Hal. ♂︎ at 1. Adelura dictynna ♂︎ at 2, with 50-seg. ant.