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191. 1.7.43 (2) Knocknacran, MO., cont. Sigalphus caudatus or floricola? 1♂︎, ant. 20, dark legs. Pentapleura pumilio ♀︎, small, dark legs, ant. 19. Aspilota spp. ♂︎ & ♀︎ = A. vulgaris? 1 very small ♀︎, ant. 16 or ? minutissima. A. cf. rufifemur ♂︎??, ant. 24. Dacnusa 5 (all kept) = D. areolaris? 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. respectively 22 & 21. D. maculipes 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 21 & 22 resp. D. elegantula 1 small ♂︎, ant. 29. Aphidiids 7 (all kept) Aphidius sp. near brassicae? 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 16. Aphidius 3 spp.? 5♂︎♂︎, ant. 19 19, 20, 20 & 21. Procto. 1: not seen when labelling! Cynipid 1. 1.7.43 (3) Essexford, on bog, Co. LH. [18 specimens mounted & these labelled 23 Sept. 1945, first night of labelling for autumn.] 172. 1.7.43 (3) bog, Essexford, LH, cont. Ceropales maculatus ♀︎ swept. Bethylus cephalotes ♀︎. Cryptus ♂︎. Pimpla depositor ♀︎, ant. 22 Polysphincta varipes ♀︎, ant. 24. Bassus deletus Th. ♀︎, ant. 19. Campoplex ♀︎, ant. 49. Campoplegids 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎. Apanteles fraternus? ♂︎. Ap. imperator? ♂︎. Sigalphus pallipes? 2♂︎♂︎, ant. both 22. Microdus tumidulus ♂︎, ant. 27 } not taken in same sweep! M. tumidulus ♀︎, ant. 28. } not taken in same sweep! Diptera 2 Sawfly: Selandria stramineipes ♂︎. Sesia formiciformis: Clear-wing Moth. 2 on birch (1 definitely) or willow: hitherto only recorded from Cork & Kerry in Ireland. [One later given to M.S. Dudley Westropp who agrees with my determination of it!] 4th July 1943. During a hot burst of sun watched ♀︎ Odynerus parietum searching for & pulling from out the sori on Male Fern the larvae of Mneisipatris filicivora (Lep.!) in garden, 14 Clareville Rd. DU. One larva apparently eaten by wasp itself!
Transcription Notes:
sori - cluster of structures producing and containing spores