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221.

17.7.43, cont.  Royal Canal, KD. cont.

Taken at 5, cont.

Mesochorus  1♂︎:  not mtd.
Helictes  2♂︎♂︎:  not mtd.
Gen. et sp.?  Same as taken at 1, See p. 212 antea:  ♂︎, ant. 28 =
Colastes splendida miki  2♀︎♀︎, ant. 32 & broken at 29th seg.
Rhogas irregularis  2 large ♀︎♀︎:  one mtd. has 53-seg. antennae.
Apanteles fulvipes group  2♂︎♂︎:  not mtd.
Sigalphus  ♂︎, thick pale legs:  not mtd.
Euphorus orchesiae  1:  not mtd.
Perilitus aethiops??  ♀︎, very small:  not mtd.
Meteorus ictericus M.  ♀︎, ant. 32
Blacus ruficornis  ♂︎, ant. 21.
B. cf. humilis?  ♂︎, ant. 19.
Diospilus oleraceus  ♀︎, ant. 25.
Pentapleura pumilio  4♂︎♂︎, paler legs than those at 3!  Not mtd.
P. fuliginosa  a very nice ♀︎:  ant. 24.
Aphaereta major  3 small ♂︎♂︎:  not mtd.
Phaenocarpa ruficeps  9♂︎♂︎:  not mtd.
Aspilota spp.  2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎ = A. tumida:  a very fine ♂︎, ant. 20;
A. cf. altifrons or excavatus miki  ♀︎, ant. 18;
A. viatica group??  ♂︎, ant. 22, with scarcely a trace of a dimple.


222.

17.7.43, cont.  R. Canal, KD. cont.

Taken at 5, cont.

Dacnusa areolaris group.  2♂︎♂︎, 5♀︎♀︎ in sucker:  none mtd.
D. rufimarginata sp. n. ♀︎, like raissa group;  ant only 26;  head huge, &c.  See Nixon's letter dated 14.1.1947.  Type ♀︎ AWS. 17.1.1947.
D. leptogaster  ♂︎, ant. 33;  rather large & with darkish wings!
D. gilvipes  ♂︎:  not mtd.
Aphidius spp. 13, mostly like avenae Hal.:  none mtd.
Proctos.  5:  only one mtd.
Chalcids 5:  1 mtd.
Cynipids 2:  none mtd.

[Red Admiral Butterfly:  1 seen by Daisy on outward journey from Dublin:  ? near The Green Hills!]


21.7.43.  
Rubbish-heap in M.S. Dudley Westropp's garden at Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin.  6 P.M.
Platylabus irridipennis:  small ♀︎, ant. 32.
Phaeogenes sp.?  ♂︎, ant. 21.
Phygadeuon sp.  7♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎, mtd. on same card.
Atractodes sp.  ♂︎, ant. 21.