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261. 17th July 1942. A dry blustery day, wind NW-N, after two windy & showery days; practically no sun, cooler. Rode to Glenasmole in the afternoon, arriving about 3 PM & leaving at 5.30. Swept only two areas & in most places the wind made collecting quite impossible, but in spite of conditions a fair number of parasitica about. Glenasmole, Co. DU. 1 = area around & under tree between Moore's garden & the bend of the river below the ford. 2 = Iris-&c-filled swamp parallel to river from Moore's rubbish heap to where the boats are tied up, & the river bank beside same. Tenthredella livida 1. Mesomelas ♀︎♀︎ at 2. T. nassata 1 small ♂︎, at 2. Arge ciliaris 1♂︎ near "the dock" where stream runs into river, & amongst Spiraea, at 2. Athalia lugens 1 at 2. Anteon ♂︎ at 1. 262. 17.7.42, cont. Glenasmole, DU., cont. Taken at 1. [17 from 1 mounted & these labelled 27.10.44!] Phaeogenid? 1♂︎, reddish abd., ant. 26. Cryptinids 4, including Atractodes tenebricosus ♂︎, Stilpnus gagates. Leptocryptus aereus ♂︎ & Promethes laticarpus ♂︎. Pimpla examinator? a very small ♂︎ swept off elder bushes in flower. Campoplegids 2: only 1 kept = Holocremna ♂︎, ant. 37. Colastes braconius ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎. Apanteles fulvipes group ♂︎. Microgaster politus? ♂︎ swept off elder in flower near Moore's garden. Sigalphus sp. n.? A very small ♂︎ & larger ♀︎, ant. of both 20-seg.; tergite 3 entirely smooth & apex of tergite 2 also smooth in centre Trychyusa aurora 1 nice ♂︎; Aspilota ♀︎ Dacnusa areolaris abundant. D. diremta ♀︎, ant. 27. D. melanocera D. uma Nix. 1944 ♀︎, ant. 35. Proctos. 4 & all mounted. Chalcids 4, including 3♀︎♀︎ of pretty yellow-marked sp. - these 3♀︎♀︎ mounted on one card - Near Megastigmus! & green ♂︎.
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Unable to verify Trychyusa