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161. 16.6.43, cont. The Island, DU. cont. Taken at 3, cont. Bracon anthracinus ♂︎ & ♀︎ } not mounted. B. concolor 5♀︎♀︎ } not mounted. Apanteles 2 (♂︎ & ♀︎) Microgaster cf. tibialis 1♀︎. Perilitus aethiops? ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎. Blacus parvus m. ♀︎, ant. 17. Opius cf. near communis, levis? 1♀︎, ant. 24, black coxae. Dacnusa 3 only = D. areolaris group ♀︎, & D. cyclops ♂︎, ant. 22, only mounted. Coelinius viduus ♂︎♂︎: not mounted. Aphidius spp. 7: kept only 3 = A. cf. rosae dark ♀︎, ant. 17. A. brassicae ♀︎, ant. 14. A. chysanthemi? ♀︎, ant. 14 Proctos. 2: only 1 mounted. Chalcids: nearly a dozen, as well as a dozen or more tiny wingless jumpers taken during afternoon team on Daisy's white waterproof spread on ground. Also one species with stalked abdomen = 162. 16.6.43, cont. The Island, DU., cont. Taken at 3, cont. Cynipids 5 or 6: only 1 mounted. Bethylus fuscicornis var. fulvicornis ♂︎, small. 25th June 1943. Very windy - SW-W - with rain blowing in the wind & showers in afternoon, after a fine night & morning. Rode (alone) to Brittas ponds, intending to go to Blessington, but changed my mind as gale increased & heavy clouds & rainy to south over Blessington; therefore turned back along old road down Slade of Saggart & spent the day in upper part of the Slade in shelter of trees, while gale & rain tore through the upper branches & no doubt beat down many insects. Filled 4 suckers as follows: 1 = along old road & in lee of hedge in hayfield at N. side of farm in angle between new & old roads to Blessington, from Crooksling & Saggart respectively. Insects taken here labelled "Brittas, Co. DU."