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

Taken at 2, or seen there! 
[13 mounted from 2 & these labelled 17.2.48.]

Bombus distinguendus  ☿ seen to enter hole the bank by tow path.
Anteon  spp.  1 small ♂︎ : not mtd : 
Microcryptus? sp? very nice ♀︎, no areolet, ant. 21 =
Atractodes tenebricosus  ♀︎:  not mtd.
Hemiteles sp.  ♂︎:  not mtd.
Stenomacrus varianulatus sp. n. ♀︎, Type! ant. 19, terebra exserted, basal ant. seg. very long, pale, apical very short, black, tergite 1 coriaceous;  eyes very large; &c.  A.W.S. 18.2.1948.
Mesoleius  1 = M. cf. scapularis var.?  ♀︎, ant. 42.
Meloboris sp.  ♀︎, black coxae:  not mtd.
Miomerus aquisgranensis  ♂︎:  not mtd.
Bracon "degenerator"  ♀︎, with all abd. tergite yellow-banded, ant. 28.  This character no longer shows!  A.W.S. 17.2.48!
Rhysallus clavator  ♀︎:  not mtd.
Apanteles  ♂︎ & ♀︎, same as at 1 { not mtd.
Euphorus orchesiae  1:  not mtd.
Sigalphus pallipes  ♀︎, ant. 23.
Opius cf. communis  1♂︎:  not mtd.
Pentapleura angustula  ♀︎:  not mtd.
Aspilota sp.  1 small ♀︎:  not mtd.
Dacnusa "areolaris"  6♂︎♂︎.
D. affinis  1♀︎:  not mtd.
Coelinius elegans Hal.?  1♂︎, 1♀︎, swept between drain & two path, the ♀︎ is normal with 29-seg. ant.;  the ♂︎ is huge, ant. 50 & ? same sp.
Aphidius sp.  2♀︎♀︎:  not mtd.
Proctos.  4:  none mtd.

Beetles.  
Anobiid 1 = Ochina tinoides fide E.O'M.
Donacia clavipes (4) amongst Phalaris, &c., on edge of canal, fide E.O'M.

Sawfly:  Allantus calceatus  ♀︎.



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22nd June 1945 (Friday!). 

A warm day with hot sun in forenoon, dull in afternoon, with gentle, cool E. breeze.  In afternoon rode to Lucan & spent 3 hours in the demesne, where practically no wind.

Swept in two places:-

1.  Along path & river bank just below where road from gate & river path meet: exactly the same spot as swept on 6.43.
2. Along path by river, edge of pasture field, under trees & in edge of sandpit, where public part of demesne ends, 1/4 mile above the weir.

Insects taken at 1. 
[67 mtd. from 1 & these labelled 19.2.48.]

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