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187. 6.6.44, Aft. cont. Ballinacourty, ST. cont. Swept birch, oak, Vaccinium, &c. on way up to top of woods = "(4) 6.6.44". Swept a few coming down again but only 5 or 6 & these not separated from insects swept around pond 1/4 mile E. of ruins of Ballinacourty H. which are labelled "(5) 6.6.44". Formica rufa very lethargic owing to cold, but Daisy found what appeared to be remains of a nest under dense growth of Vaccinium & dead branches (due to larger trees having been cut (? about a year ago) & these branches flung abut in the approved style - the light thus admitted being responsible for the growth of the under-scrub. The nest is situated about 5 yards down hill from the old Holly tree where the ants seen in ditch on 28.5.44 & the position of which is described on pp.145-147 ante. NB. This holly seems to be the only holly at present anywhere about this spot. Three large ☿☿ taken. 188. 6.6.44, Aft. cont. B'c't'y, ST. cont. Taken at 4 (see opp. page): on way up woods, 4 till 6 P.M. [20 mounted from 4 & these labelled on 21.12.1946!] [[strikethrough]] Anteon [[/strikethrough]] ♂︎ = Aphelopus sp. Phaeogenes? 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Cryptinids: ♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎ including Hemiteles areator? Microcryptus sp. ♀︎, ant. 21, broad abd.; alone mtd. Gen. et sp.? ♀︎, ant. 15-seg., no areolet, &c. put with Porizonini = Hambergiella sinuata Roman fide J.F. Perkins 3.1.1947. Stenomacrus ventralis 3♂︎♂︎: not mtd Picrostigeus recticauda √ large ♀︎, ant. 32. Polyblastus wahlbergi ♀︎ carrying young; ant. 28. Campoplegid ♀︎ } neither mtd. Plectidscus ♂︎ } neither mtd. Bracon obscurator osculator? 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎; ant. 23-24 (♂︎♂︎), ♀︎ (25) - hind femora +/- pale, tergite 2 & 3 laterally pale, hind tibiae more than half pale, &c. Apanteles lateralis 3♂︎♂︎: 1♂︎ mounted! Euphorus cf. fulvipes? 1 (♂︎?), ant. 16. Blacus hastatus √ ♂︎, ant. 21. B. nigricornis m. ♂︎ (ant. 19) & ♀︎ (ant. 17.) Phaenocarpa ruficeps ♀︎: not mtd. Orthostigma cf. curvicaudata ♀︎, ant. 20.