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71. 8th April 1943. A fine day, but practically no sun after 10 AM., Westerly wind, increasing in afternoon, but no rain or showers: mild. Went by 2.25 bus (from Rathgar) to Marlay & went up glen on W. side of Golf Links, across shelter belt in middle of links to lake, round lake & back to bus by road. Marlay, Co. DU. 1 = glen on W. side of links, along Whitechurch road. 2 = shelter belt across links to old stables & particularly near stables. 3 = S.W. side of lake, by path. Plenty of Chiff chaffs & heard one Willow Warbler near garden. [17 insects from 1 mounted, & these labelled 1.1.45] Taken at 1, Bombus lucorum ♀︎. B. muscorum at 3, ♀︎. Hemiteles bicolorinus group? or Pezomachus 1♂︎, ant. 24. Apanteles fulvipes group ♂︎ Earinius tuberculatus? ♂︎, ant. 34. Euphorus pallidistigma? ♂︎ & ♀︎, ant. both 16 at Alexanders Aspilota nigrescens 1♀︎, ant. 18, very nice specimens, under trees at edge of golf links Dacnusa areolaris group. 3♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎ (1 each mtd.) ant. ♂︎ 24, ♀︎ 21. ♂︎ cf. tibialis miki, ♀︎ = areolaris Aphidius urticae? ♀︎, yellow base to antennae; small & dark 18-seg. A. pascuorum? 9♂︎♂︎, black legs: 2 mtd; ant. 18 & 19. 72. 8.4.43, cont. Marlay, DU., cont. Taken at 1 cont. Cynipids 2 (not mounted!) Chalcids 3 (2 mounted: same species: spotted wings) = Proctos: 4 = Taken at 2. [16 mounted & these labelled 8/1/45] Hemiteles spp. 5♀︎♀︎ (3 spp.?) = Campoplegids 2 (2 spp.) = Canidia ♂︎, ant 20. & Plectiscus 2♂︎♂︎: one mounted, ant. 22 Apanteles fulvipes group. 1♀︎. Aspilota nigrescens 2♂︎♂︎, one with much darker legs than the other, ant. 22 and 23/24, but I think both these species.