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267. 6.7.55, cont. The Island, Co. DU., cont. Taken at 3, cont. Opius minutissimus miki ♂︎, ant. 22, tergites 1 & 2 very red! Dacnusa areolaris group 1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎. D. clarinervis m.? ♀︎ Coelinius viduus 3♂︎♂︎ Aphidius ulmi? ♀︎, blackish sp., ant. 17. A. renominator? ♀︎, palish sp.; ant. bitten by Psocid in store! Proctos 3 (Two Serphids & one Platygaster - the last taken on sea-weed at H.W.M. All mounted! Chalcids 7: none mtd. Cynipids 2: not mtd Hemipteron 1 = 268. 9th July 1944. George's 25th birthday! He is now a Pilot Officer (on ground staff) of R.A.F. & somewhere in England!! A wretched day after a fine Saturday; heavy rain just after dawn & falling barometer; the morning showery, with fine intervals & high W. wind, but not too bad & so after lunch I rode (alone) to The Furry Glen, Phoenix Park, arriving about 2.30 & got in half-an-hour's sweeping before the storm broke & drenching rain came on; nipped home during a dry interval & was rewarded by for my nippiness, as rest of afternoon continuously wet & wild. [56 insects mounted & these labelled on 26.2.1947.] Furry Glen, Pheonix Park, Co. DU. 2.30 - 3.0 P.M. All swept along boundary wall, under trees, & around head of spring flowing into lower part of Furry Glen & W. of same, where often collected in previous years! Anteon ♂︎. Cryptinids 16, including 2 small brachypterous ♂︎♂︎ ant. 19 & 20, (Hemiteles?) & Hemiteles apertus √ ♂︎, ant. 21. Hemiteles cf. gracilis? ♂︎ (ant. 19) & ♀︎ (ant. 19). Hemiteles areator group ♀︎, ant. 2 = H. longicauda? Pezomachus sp. ♀︎, small, dark, ant. 18.