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185. 6.6.44 cont. Ballinacourty woods, ST., cont. Taken at 2, cont. Aspilota spp. 2♀︎♀︎, = A. fuscicornis? A very small ♀︎, ant. 16. A. picticornis ♀︎, ant. 17/18; propodeum desticulate when viewed diagonally. Oenone hians 3, clear wings, abd. smooth apex, (1♀︎ mtd.): ant. 34 Dacnusa areolars group 1♀︎: not mtd. Ahidius sp. 1♀︎: not mtd. Proctos 5.Chalcids 8: 3 mtd. including 1 Mymarid. Cynipids 4: not mtd. 6.6.44, cont. B'c't'y, ST. cont. Taken at 3. (Woods & fields!) 1 till 2 P.M. [10 only mounted from 3 & these labelled on 21.12.1946!] Cryptinids 4♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Pezomachus sp. ♀︎ small ant. 19. Stenomacrus ventralis 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. St. laricis ♂︎, ant. 27. Meloborus, ed coxar, ♂︎: not mtd. Plectiscus ♂︎: not mtd. 186. 6.6.44, cont. B'c't'y, ST. cont. Taken at 3, cont. Rogas circumscriptus? ♂︎, ant. 39. Microgaster globatus ♂︎ Ascogaster cf. ratzeburgii 1 (♂︎)?, ant. 34, but propodeum bidentate. Euphorus cf. parvulus? 1 (♀︎?) ant. 16. Perilitus sp. ♀︎, very small, ant. 20. Blacus nigricornis miki ♂︎, ant. 18. B. cf. longipennis ♂︎, ant. 19. Orthostigma cf. curvicaudata ♂︎, 23-seg. ant. Aphidius avenae? ♀︎, ant. 17. Chalcids 4: not mtd. Cynipid 1: not mtd. Beetle. Melolontha hippocastanea on birch. 6.6.44, Afternoon. During lunch we heard from Mr. Sheppard that British & American troops had landed at Caen in Normandy. After lunch went to top of Ballinacourty woods to try to find nest of Formica rufa, which ant we discovered there on 28.5.44 (p.147)