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137. 22.6.45, cont. Lucan, DU, cont. Taken at 2, cont. Dacnusa areolaris & laevipectus probably frequent: ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎. D. elegantula ♂︎ (ant. 31) & 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 27 & 29. D. heretic m. 1 very fine ♀︎, ant. 23; not recognised till 27.2.1948 for some curious reason! Coelinius sp. 3♂︎♂︎, ant. 41, 42 & 45 ? all same sp. with eyes +/- equal width of temples, dimple smooth. C. sp. 1♂︎, ant. 41; longer temples, rugose dimple, &c., narrow tergite 1. Aphidius spp. 6: none mtd. Proctos 10: only two wingless kept:- Cynipids 5; none mtd. - Chalcid: 1 (minute) kept = [1st Meadow Brown butterfly of season seen at Clondalkin ry. bridge] Dragonfly: Calopteryx splendens ♂︎♂︎ by Liffey. Coleoptera: some given to O'Mahony. Diptera 138. 25th June 1945. A very fine day, with scarcely any wind till afternoon & then E. Later jam & rain about 9 P.M. Spent 1 1/2 hours in Merrion Square, Dublin sweeping various places: mostly in S.E. corner or in open or SW corner of square — now much neglected. Diptera very abundant, hymenoptera (especially Dacnusa & Aphidius) plentiful; a few moths (Micros. mostly!) frequent, but beetles & hemiptera very scarce. Shells seen Hygromia striolata & Helicella virgata. Aculeates seen = Bombus lucorum & B. agrorum (the latter on flowers of Comfrey!); Psithyrus distinclus ♂︎ & Megachile willoughbiella (1 fresh ♂︎ on post near S. gate). Filled one sucker & some in a second, but passed dozens of what appeared to be Dacnusa areolaris group & hundreds of Aphididae. The following beetles swept & named by E. O'Mahony:—