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169.

2.6.44, cont.  L. Curra, ST., cont.

Tried a little sweeping at base of cliffs at about 1900 to 1950 ft. but had no time for collecting inscts: here swept the following:

Dolerus aeneus ♂︎ & several small (1/4 inch long!) sawfly larvae (? off rushes - Juncus effusus)
Perilitus sp. n.?  ♀︎, ant. 20;  small;  tergite 1 petiolate [[image]], sheath of terebra very broad, &c. ♀︎ = Perilitus borealis Thoms.  AWS. 1952.
Apanteles sp.  ♀︎  ? sp. n. near collidus, but abd. black;  larger;  very nice!
& Dacnusa lavipectus (radius sinuate) ♀︎, ant. 22.


3rd June 1944.

A dull day, with occasional drizzle on hills & some gleams of sun;  strong W. wind.

Went out at 10.30 & swept in three places in Ballinacourty demesne as follows - till 2 P.M.
1 = by stream & round swampy pond 1/4 mile E. of ruins of B'c't'y Ho. in small stream valley.
2 = Amongst weeds round dump of chaff where last years corn thrashed in fields S.E. of ruins of B'c't'y Ho., & in lee of hedges between fields further east (on way back to hotel across fields).


170.

3.6.44.  Ballinacourty, ST.

Taken at 1.
[13 mounted from 1 & these labelled on 13.12.1946!]

Sawfly.  Eriocampa oveta  ♀︎.
Cryptinids  9.
Stenomacrus laricis  ♂︎, ant. 26.
St. clavicornis m.  ♀︎;  ant. 18.
Promethes cognatus  ♂︎ & P. pulchellus  ♂︎;  neither mtd.
Cteniscus  ♂︎:  not mtd.
Colastes braconius  ♀︎:  not mtd.
Meteorus albitarsis  ♀︎, ant. 46.
Opius cf. irregularis  ♂︎ & ♀︎:  not mtd.
O. caesus  ♂︎:  not mtd.
Adelura cf. isabella, ant. 32.
Tarycarpa ancilla?  ♂︎, ant. 23 {not very typical.
Phaenocarpa picinervis  ♂︎& ♀︎:  1♂︎ mtd. ant. 31.
Pentapleura pumilio  1♂︎, 3♀︎♀︎:  none mtd.
Orthostigma sp.  ♂︎, large:  not mtd.
Aspilota jaculans  ♀︎ long tail (alone mounted);  ant. 21.
A. spp.  20 others.