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129.

14th June 1945. 

After a wet night & misty rain in morning, a fairly fine day;  much warmer, with clear sky & hot sun, but strong W. wind in Dublin.

Left Aherlow hotel at 11:15 & reached Limerick Junction at 1 P.M.  Had lunch on platform, went for a stroll, caught Cork-Dublin train, 3.5 ex LK. Junct. & so home at 7 P.M.

END OF JUNE HOLIDAY 1945.


17th June 1945. 

A windy day, but warm & not so windy as the two previous days.  Much hot sun in morning & till 2 P.M. then dull & cloudy with S.W. wind, but no rain.

In afternoon rode to Grand Canal, W. of Clondalkin; Co. DU. & did a little collecting in two places.

1. Reed bed on S. edge of canal just above 3rd loch 1/2 mile W. of Clondalkin.
2. Edge of canal & parallel drain to S. 1/4 mile further W (above) station 1, at dairy farm gate 


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17.6.45, cont.  Grand Canal, Clondalkin, DU., cont.

Insects taken at 1. 
[10 mounted from 1 & these labelled on 17.2.1948!]

Hemiteles sp.  1 small ♂︎ not kept.
Atractodes  ♂︎, ant. 21; very slender sp.
Orthocentrus cf. sannio?  ♀︎, ant. 27.

Bracon sp. ♂︎, ant. 38: Very near macrodactyla m. but tergite 3 striate at base;  same as 2♂︎♂︎ taken here on (2) 14.7.1944!
Apanteles cf. fulvipes  ♀︎.
Opius irregularis  3♀︎♀︎:  not kept.
Dacnusa areolaris group.  4♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎:  not kept.
D. aphanta  ♂︎:  not kept.
D. uliginosa, 1 very beautiful ♀︎;  ant. 23.
Aphidius  1♂︎:  not kept.
Proctos.  2:  both mtd.
Chalcids.  3:  2 (♂︎ & ♀︎) mounted.
Beetle  1 =