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331. 6th Aug. 1944. A very warm "sticky" morning with no wind: afternoon mainly hot & sunny with cool easterly breeze: the day spoiled for collecting by rainy-mist early in morning & no drying till afternoon, so that all sweeping impossible till about 3 P.M. Rode to Louisa Bridge, where met Desmond Meikle, & spent forenoon at Rye Water, later went on to Mr. Mitchell's plantation & collected about there till 5.30 P.M. Left home at 9.57; arrived Louisa Bridge at 11.10; left for home at 5.40; home at 7.10. Collected in four area, as follows:- 1 = by Rye Water, chiefly taken off an alder with sucker or net. 2 = by canal & tow path W. of Louisa Bridge & chiefly just W. of plantation. 3 = inside walled plantation (Mr. Mitchell's: Collinstown Ho.) 4 = along canal & towpath & a few in annex to 3 & all E. of plantation. Many ♂︎ Bombus & Halictus seen, but no Bombus sylvarum, but these not looked for seriously. 332. 6.8.44 cont. Rye Water, Co. KD. Taken at 1. Selandria serva ♂︎. Andrena minutula ♀︎ Ichneumon yellow & black ♂︎♂︎ seen. Phaeogenid ♂︎, ant. 26 = Cryptinids 3: none mtd. Pimpla elegans, large ♀︎ at alder, ant. 24. Glypta "longicauda" ♂︎, ant. 39. Homocidus cf. pictus ♂︎; ant. 21. Meloboris (Diadegma) crassicornis? ♀︎: not mtd. Microgaster globatus? ♂︎: not mtd. Blacus tripudians ♂︎: not mtd. Opius pallipes (W.?) 1♂︎, ant. 25, with freak percurrent furrow on mesonotum! Aspilota spp. 3 = A. nigrescens 1 small ♂︎, ant. 21. A. cf. sylvatica 1 small ♀︎, ant. 18, possibly a starved specimen of this species. A. (Synaldis) parvicornis 1♂︎, ant. 20. Dacnusa areolaris abundant; mainly ♀︎♀︎; none mtd. D. evadne Nixon 1♀︎, ant. 30. [No Aphidiidae!] Proctos. 7 Chalcid 1 Cynipids 2 Hemipteron =