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[[strikethrough]] 7th [[/strikethrough]] 6th Sept. 1941. 

A perfect day, all sunny, though misty throughout & the mountains never visible;  wind E. in morning but W. in afternoon.

In morning rode along old road running in valley SW of Croaghpatrick, past Bouris nat. school to foot of the pass where stopped a few minutes & returned for lunch.  On way back while walking up hill just S. of cross roads at Old Head, took a ♂︎ Orgilus parvipennis Th. running on dusty road.

In afternoon walked round cliffs to caves & took small ♀︎ Procto. on top of cliffs & [[strikethrough]] later [[/strikethrough]] on way back swept a few ichs in marsh between wood & cliffs.

Later went across oat-field W. of hotel to base of main wood on Black Hill, where swept about a dozen ichs. & collected 7 black Croesus latipes larvae on birch & a ♀︎ Cteniscid (Cteniscus curtisii Hal.) which was investigating them, but although watched for some minutes made no attempt to oviposit in them.

From these larvae 3♀︎♀︎ Croesus latipes em. on 12.5.1942 & a fourth a few days later but no parasites! AWS. & finally a small ♂︎ on 19.6.1942! AWS.  Also see foot of opposite page.

[Only 5 mounted & these put away 1.2.1944]

Lasius niger  1♀︎, winged, on cliffs.
Formica fusca abundant in wood & de-alated ♀︎♀︎ seen in various places.

See foot of opposite page!


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[[strikethrough]] 7 [[/strikethrough]] 6.9.41.  Aft. cont.

Hemiteles?  ♀︎, ant. 25, large eyes, matt abd.
Phytodictus  ♀︎.
Mesoleius
Cteniscus curtisi  ♀︎, at larvae of Croesus
Promethes sulcator  ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎.
P. dorsalis  1♂︎.
Zootrephus "suspiciosus"?  ♂︎ & ♀︎.
Homocidus pulcher  1♂︎.
Mesochorus sp.  2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎.
Apanteles circumscriptus?  1♀︎ (first seen at Old Head)
Microgaster tibialis  ♂︎, black wings, swept in marsh behind cliffs.
Blacus paganus √  1♀︎, possibly at edge of corn-field
Adelura flaviventris  1 nice ♀︎.
Dacnusa longiradialis  several.
D. adducta  1♂︎.
Proctos.  3 spp. (smallest on cliffs!)

Sawfly parasite.  On 4.8.1942 a red Cteniscid found (just emerged) in pot which had held the Croesus larvae referred to on opposite page:  this proved to be Cteniscus pachysoma Steph. ♂︎ (AWS. 14/11/44!).