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172. 28.5.42, A.M. cont. Old Head, WM. cont. Rhogogaster viridis ♂︎♂︎ common at one birch. Athalia lineolata ♂︎♂︎ abundant everywhere, a few ♀︎♀︎. Empria immersa ♂︎. Pontania ♂︎ & ♀︎ = leucosticta ♀︎ [♂︎ not mounted!] Pteronidea oliospila, yellow head ♂︎ at Salix near gate Pteronidea oligospila green ♀︎ at Salix near gate at top of wood. Arge ustulata ♂︎, on top of small birch. ? var. of this with dark apex to hind tibiae, blemish on hind wing near apex of [[image]] cell & cloud in discoidal cell, &c. &c. Ichneumon [not mounted] ♀︎ Cratichneumon spp. 2♂︎♂︎ taken: many seen, not mounted. Cryptinids 6: including [only 2 mounted!] = Pycnocryptus peregrinator? ♀︎. Prometheus pulcher ♂︎. Chorinaeus funebris √ ♂︎ Exochus flaviventris ♂︎♂︎ frequent. "Mesoleius" = Spudaea compactor Thunb = atrata Holmgr. ♂︎, ant. 29. Smicroplectrus bohemani ♀︎♀︎ each carrying one young, next gate, at Salix. Aprypon (not mounted) ♂︎. Paniscus (not mounted) 2♂︎♂︎ Mesochorus (not mounted) ♂︎ Campoplegids abundant: only 2♂︎♂︎ kept: not mounted! 173. 28.5.42, A.M. cont. Old Head WM. cont. Rhogus nigriceps?, dark ♂︎, ant. 43. Ascogaster sp. near rufipes, but clypeus not denticulate, evenly rounded: 2 (♂︎♂︎?), ant. 32. Apanteles cf. salebrosus 1♀︎: fits description fairly well. Microgaster calceatus? 1♂︎, fits well! Meteorus ♀︎. Macrocentrus squamularis sp.7. A.W.S. 2/3/1944! Date too early for marginator! 1♀︎, a large species, at first thought to be marginator, but there are many differences, namely, brilliant orange squamulae, ony 42 seg. ant., black palps & hind tibiae, much shorter terebra, scalptere of propoderm, &c., but compare with original descriptions of Nees! Oenone hians clear wings not mounted. Procto 1: not mounted. Braconids very rare & those above listed were all I saw! All above taken on wing or by sight & no sweeping done or at least any done failed to yield results.
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