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97. 13.5.43, Aft. cont. Phoenix Park, DU., cont. Taken at 3, cont. Phaenocarpa conspurcator 1 small ♀︎. Ph. livida ♂︎. Aspilota spp. 6♂︎♂︎, 4♀︎♀︎: as follows: A. nigrescens ♀︎, ant. 18. A. crassifemur 3♂︎♂︎, ant. all 25. A. fuscicornis 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 18 & 16. A. clara? ♂︎, ant. 19. A. picticornis? ♂︎ & ♀︎, ant. both 17. A. (Synaldis) ♀︎, ant. 18 Aphidius sp. ♂︎: not kept. Proctos Chalcids Cynipids Dragon fly. First of season seen: no doubt Pyrosoma nymphula! 98. 16th May 1943. A brilliant day! Scarcely a cloud in sight & sun never obscured all day. No wind in morning - a nice westerly draft, but in Dublin D. all day & quite a breeze in afternoon. At Leixlip W. until we left but very light & often dropping entirely. Sun blazing, air dry & fresh. Rode to Leixlip where arrived at 12 noon & swept slope from Louisa Bridge to Rye Water till 2 P.M.; then, as usual, on along Royal Canal for 1/2 mile, to plantation by canal [[strikethrough]] & next [[/strikethrough]] belonging to Mr. Mitchell's race-horse stud-farm; here collected along canal & two path & in plantation (before & after tea). Left there about 5.30 & home at 7. 1 = Slope from road at Louisa Bridge to Rye Water (N. of Canal & W. of Aqueduct & Rye Water!) 2 = By Royal Canal & along tow path, outside plantation, 1/2 mile W. of Louisa Bridge. 3 = Inside plantation, before tea, 2.30 till 4 P.M. 4 = Same as 3, but E. end of plantation & past E. of gate to Mr. Mitchell's field, the latter never before worked. 4.30 till 5.15 P.M. Bombus lucorum, hortorum, lapidarius, terrestris (1), muscorum, agrorum & derhamellus ♀︎♀︎ seen at 1. B. muscorum ☿ seen, very fresh, at 2.