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83. 28.4.43. Aft. Cont. Slade of Saggart, DU. cont. Taken at 2. (Only 5 mounted from 2 & these labelled 12.1.45!) Atractodes tenebricosus ♂︎ Phygadeuon sp. ♂︎ Oncophanes lanceolator? ♂︎, very small, ant. 22. Apanteles lineipes? ♀︎, long terebra. Euphorus similis 1 ant. 16. Alloea contracta 3♂︎♂︎. Aspilota rufifemur ♀︎, very red legs, ant. 20. Daenusa longiradialis 3♂︎♂︎ D. "areolaris"? ♂︎♂︎ common. Monoctonus caricis ♂︎. Aphidius sp. fuscous legs; several ♂︎♂︎. Chalcid 1, same sp. as at 1. Cynipids common; not taken. Coleoptera 84. 29th April 1943. A nice soft day, but mainly dull with SE-SW jam: slight drizzle at times. At 5.30 P.M. saw a ☿ (worker!) Bombus jonellus on flowers of Mediterranean Heath in back garden at 14 Clareville Rd. Still at work at 7:30 P.M. Also saw ♂︎ Large White Butterfly in Kildare St. at 11.30 AM. 1 May 1943. Hemiteles ♂︎ taken in house, 14 Clareville Rd. Harold's Cross, DU. 2nd May 1943. A perfect day, all sunny (& very hot sun!) after a misty morning, but with strong keen E. breeze; siilar to the previous day. In forenoon spent half an hour in back garden before dinner & saw or took the following:- Bombus lapidarius ♀︎ seen - the only bumble. Andrena jacobi ♂︎ & Halictus albipes ♀︎. Odynerus pictus ♂︎ at tub & motor house corner. Pimpla instigator both ♂︎ & ♀︎ seen. P. oculatoria ♂︎ & ♀︎ at White Currant. Homocidus pictus group ♂︎♂︎ seen for 1st time this year in garden. = H. longiventris ♂︎. H. subopaca? ♂︎ & a smaller ♂︎, similar, but size of pictus with subopaque disc of mesonotum. [4 mounted & these labelled 12.1.45!] 2.5.43, Afternoon. After dinner rode to Clondalkin & worked up the Grand Canal as in previous years. Still very hot sun & cool E. breeze, till we left for home at 5 P.M., dull later with cloud from N.N.W.