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21st July 1943. 

A glorious afternoon after several fine days, but a dull cool morning;  wind fresh E-NE, sun very hot, air keen & dry, therefore small insects scarce.

In afternoon paid my first visit to St. Anne's, Clontarf, Co. DU. accompanied by E. O'Mahony who has collected there for past 20 years & often taken interesting insects there.  Collected in 4 places, as follows:-

1 = Round about the lake, mostly under trees & on edge of meadow S. of lake;  & also along path up glen.
2 = In dried up bed of & around reservoir especially Watercress & Apium grow along old stream channel.
3 = Under trees between 2 & main avenue in front of house & along S. side of said avenue nearly up to house.
4 = Under trees along path parallel to S. wall along Mt. Prospect Avenue & down to gate along shore road to Dollymount, by which we also entered.

Arrived at 3 P.M. & left at 6.45 P.M.


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21.7.43, cont.  St. Anne's, Clontarf, DU.

Taken at 1.
[29 mounted from 1 & these labelled 1.11.1945!]

Cryptinids 5:  mostly ♂︎ Leptocryptus spp.:  1 mounted only.
Hemiteles?  ♂︎, ant. 23.
Lissonota? sp.?  ♂︎, ant. 39, reddish centre of abdomen =
Bassus tricinctus  ♂︎
Promethes cognatus (1) & laticarpus (3)  ♂︎♂︎.
Homocidus obscuripes  ♂︎.
Stenomacrus sp.?  yellow face, ♂︎, ant. 19.
Stenomacrus ventralis  ♀︎:  the first seen this season (?)
Campoplegids  2♀︎♀︎.

Proclitus praetor (ant. 25) ♀︎
Rhyssalus clavator  ♂︎
Bracon  ♂︎
Colastes braconius  2♀︎♀︎.
Rhogas irregularis  ♀︎♀︎.
Rhogas circumscriptus  ♀︎, ant. 39.
Apanteles fulvipes group  2♂︎♂︎
Pentapleura angustula  1♀︎.
Opius cingulatus  ♂︎ & ♀︎.
Asilota spp.  11 (all of these mtd.!):  very difficult series to name!
A. viatica group:  2 robust ♀︎♀︎, almost without trace of dimple! both with 21-seg. ant.;  also 2♂︎♂︎ near these, ant. 23 & 24.
A. sp. like nigrescens but rugose propodeum  1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 20 & 19.
A. sp.?  2 unattached ♂︎♂︎, ant. 22 & 23.
A. (Synaldis) sp.  1♂︎, ant. 23.
A. (S.) sp.  2 smaller ♂︎♂︎, ant. 21 & 22.