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131 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 ♀︎. 132 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.] P.T.O. ->