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101. 2nd June 1945. A pleasanter day than last; but marred by heavy & frequent showers, especially in afternoon. In forenoon spent an hour before a heavy shower collecting round the ponds behind the ruins of Castlereagh Lo., Ballinacourty, Aherlow, ST. In afternoon Meikle & I rode via Galbally to Glenacurrane, Co. LK., (3 miles N.W. of Mitchellstown!) where R. Ll. Praeger, a few years ago, discovered Euphorbia hiberna - we found this place had evidently been a beautiful glen, but is now largely destroyed by cutting of trees & scrub, quarry & the forestry dept. Here saw much Euphorbia on roadside but nothing else of interest & sweeping in bed of glen produced no Hymenoptera. [28 mounted & these labelled on 6.2.1948!] Insects swept around ponds behind ruins of Castlereagh Lo., Ballinacourty, Co. ST. Dragonflies. Calopteryx virgo ♂︎♂︎; Libellula IV. maculata. Butterfly. Wood White which is quite common in the district. Ant. Leptothorax acervorum ☿ on stump at E. end of ponds. Cryptinids 5: none mtd. 102. 2.6.45, cont. Pond, Ballinacourty, Co. ST., cont. Promethes dorsalis 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Zootrephus ? suspiciosus 4♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Meloboris sp. 3♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎, red hind coxae & another Campoplegid 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: none mtd. Bracon fulvipes ♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Bracon undulatus m. ♀︎, very nice, ant. 30. Phaenocarpa notabilis Stelfox 1♂︎ (antennae bitten off in sucker at 27th segment.) Dacnusa spp. about 15 specimens including D. diremta 1: not mtd. D. pubescens 1 very fine ♂︎, ant. 26; also another smaller ♂︎ with paler slenderer legs, also 26-seg. ant. = ? D. laevipectus! D. cf. areolaris ♀︎, ant. 21, rather dusky legs, but terebra rather exserted! D. cf. tesmia Nixon ♂︎, ant. 30. D. fulvicornis sp. n. miki, 1♀︎, ant. 29: same as ♀︎ taken here on (1) 28.5.1944. D. (Gyrocampa) strigosa m. (= scabrifossa miki) 2♂︎♂︎ (ant. 27-28); 1♀︎ (ant. 27). D. (G.) trichopyga m. 2♂︎♂︎ (ant. 31 & 32), 4♀︎♀︎ (ant. 28, 29, 29 & 29). D. (G.) esbelta 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 33 & 34.