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50.

14.8.41, cont.  Glenasmole, DU., cont.

Bracon near epitriptus  ♀︎ at 2, ant. 27, dark legs.
B. fulvipes  2♂︎♂︎ at 3, with almost black abd. & 35 & 36-seg. ant.
Colastes braconius  several ♀︎♀︎:  not kept.
Rhogas nigricornis  3♂︎♂︎ at 4, ant. 43, 46 & 46.
R. tristes  2♀︎♀︎ under trees near spillway at end of station 4:  on being taken into sucker these gave off a strong taste like amyl-acetate!

[No Apanteles seen all day!]
Microgaster russatus  1 lovely ♂︎, in swamp at 2.
M. tibialis  ♀︎, but wings hyaline & therefore cf. hospes Marshall.
Microdus cingulipes  1♀︎ at 3.  The first I have taken in Ireland, but a ♀︎ was taken in Scotland in 1939?  AWS. 20/1/44.
Meteorus abdominator?  3 at 3:  ♂︎♂︎, ant. 27, 28 & 28.

Pygostolus sticticus  1♀︎ at 1.
Blacus ambulans  ♂︎ at 3, ant. 21.
B. paganus?  ♂︎ at 3, ant. 20.
Opius very few & only 1♂︎ O. cingulatus:  [[strikethrough]] all [[/strikethrough]] only others kept = one small ♂︎ cf. communis miki, with 23-seg. ant. at 1.

Phaenocarpa pratellae:  a lovely ♀︎ at 4, below dam, ant. 38.


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14.8.41, cont.  Glenasmole, DU., cont.

Adelura sylvia  1♂︎ at 1.
A. flaviventris  1♀︎ at 4.
Pentapleura pumilio  1 [[strikethrough]] large [[/strikethrough]] ♂︎, at 1
Orthostigma cf. curvicaudata  1♂︎ at 1, ant. 22.

Aspilota spp. very rare, as on all recent dates;  all (4) kept! 
= A. crassifemur  a beautifully typical ♀︎ at 4, ant. 26.
A. cf. vulgaris?  ♀︎ at 1, ant. damaged but ? 18-segmented
A. cf. cynipidis?  ♀︎ at 1, ant. 20, very dark;  mandibles huge & equidentata!!!
A. near viatica, small ♀︎ at 4, ant. 20, propodeum & tergite 1 very smooth

Dacnusa spp. frequent & nearly all kept, except those of the areolaris group, which included 1♀︎ D. pubescens, also 1 D. adducta ♀︎:  not kept.  The following kept.
D. talaris  1 very nice ♀︎ at 4, & a ♂︎ at 1, both ant. 31.
D. eros?  2♂︎♂︎ at 1, ant. 35 & 36.
D. alua?  3 small ♂︎♂︎, with antennae 31 (at 1) & 30 (2 at 4).
D. melanocera  ♂︎ & ♀︎ at 1, ant. 25 & 24 respectively.
D. curtipalpis  ♂︎ at 2, ant. 31.
D. aphanta?  ♀︎ at 4, ant. 23.
D. esbelta  ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ at 2, ant. 33! (in wetter parts!) amongst Equisetum &c.
D. polita nigra  ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ at 2, with esbelta!  2♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎ mounted with ant. 27, 27, 25 & 26!