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229. 18th June 1944. A dull day (no sun till after 8.30 PM, when sky cleared!) with scarcely a breath of wind: in morning a slight W-NW breeze, in afternoon an easterly breath & cooler; at mid-day dark jams formed over Lucan area but no rain fall. Left home at 10.10 AM. & rode to Louisa Bridge, Royal Canal, beyond Leixlip, Co. KD., & went straight on to lock 3/4 miles W. of bridge & worked back to plantation 1/2 mile W. of bridge. Collected in the following areas & left for home at 5.40 & home at 7 PM. 1 = sideS of canal & tow path between lock & plantation (1/2-mile W. of Louisa Bridge), Co. KD. 2 = Walled-in plantation, as often before. 3 = Sides of canal & tow path just E. of plantation. 4 = W. side of field (in wheat this year) between canal & Maynooth Rd. 1/4 mile W. of Louisa Bridge. Saw during day along canal:- Bombus sylvarum (1), B. distinguendus (1), B. lucorum, B. agrorum, B. derhamellus (1) ♀︎♀︎. [[strikethrough]] Psithyrus [[/strikethrough]] 230. 18.6.44, cont. Royal Canal, KD., cont. Taken at 1. [34 (at least) mounted from 1 & these labelled 11.1.1947. Like many Aphidiids in this store box, most of this lot had their antennae mutilated by Psocids (?) during the interval between 1944 & 1946! A.W.S. 11.1.1947.] Tenthredo "arcuata" ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎. T. nassata red ♂︎. Pachynematus clitellatus ♀︎. Anteon 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Pezomachus gonatopinus ♀︎, ant. 21. Polysphinctus varipes ♂︎, ant. 26. Bracon anthracinus 3♀︎♀︎: not mounted. B. cf. curticauda m. ♂︎, ant. 30. Apanteles 4 = A. cf. triangulator 2♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎. Microgaster cf. crassicornis? 2, blackish wings, ♀︎♀︎. Perilitus sp. ♀︎, very small, red head; ant. 19. Meteorus cinctellus ♀︎, ant. 26. Gnamptodon sordida miki 1♀︎, ant. 22. Opius 3 including O. caesus 1♂︎: not mtd. O. pendulus ♂︎, ant. 19; (mouth nearly closed?). O. levis? ♂︎, ant. 24. Aspilota 5, including A. pulvinata 1♀︎, ant. 16, small, v. nice! A. dilitata Th., var. nov. obscuripes m. 1 minute ♀︎, with 15-seg. ant. & fuscous legs; &c. A. Synaldis cf. funiculicornis? var. with red tergite 1; 2♀︎♀︎, ant. both 18. A. S. temporalis miki ♀︎, ant. 16. D. areolaris group 7: not mtd. Also D. cyclops ♀︎, ant. 25. D. elegantula 1 large ♂︎ (ant. 34) & 1 very small ♀︎ (ant. 26). D. dirona fide Nixon ♂︎, ant. 29. }See Nixon's letter of 17.1.1947. D. dirona Nixon ♀︎, ant. 26. }See Nixon's letter of 17.1.1947. D. melanocera fide Nixon ♀︎, ant. 24 }See Nixon's letter of 17.1.1947. D. dirona Nixon ♀︎, ant. 29. }See Nixon's letter of 17.1.1947.