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145.

4th July 1945.  

A very hot day, with soft hot S.W. wind in afternoon.  Probably the hottest day of this summer, though sun often obscured by clouds. 

In afternoon rode to Furry Glen, Phoenix Park & swept in two places.
1 = Spring head near boundary wall & marshy stream draining into lowest reach of Furry Glen.
2 = Swamp beside stream in bed of Furry Glen from boundary wall for 150 yards up stream, i.e. as far as spot below station 1.

Phoenix Park, Co. DU.

Taken at 1. 
[18 mounted from 1 & these labelled 20.10.1944!]

Hemiteles spp. 2 small ♂︎♂︎: not mounted
Promethes pulchellus & laticarpus  1♂︎ of each: not mtd.
Campoplegid.  1♀︎:  not mtd.

Apanteles fulvipes group  1♂︎ } none mtd.
A. cf. infimus  1♀︎ } none mtd.
Blacus ruficornis  ♂︎ } none mtd.
Opius exilis?  ♂︎, very small, ant. 23.
Phaenocarpa piccinervis  ♂︎:  not mtd.



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4.7.45, cont.  Phoenix Park, DU., cont.

Taken at 1 cont.

Aspilota spp.  1♀︎, 7♂︎♂︎ (1♀︎, 5♂︎♂︎ mtd.) = 
A. nigrescens or fuscescens  1 small ♀︎, ant. 17.
A. fuscescens??  1 large ♂︎, ant. 24.
A. crassifemur?  small ♂︎, ant. 22.
A. atra  ♂︎, ant. 26.
A. (Synaldis) parvicornis?  2 minute ♂︎♂︎, dark legs, ant. 18 & 19;  not more than 1mm in length.

Dacnusa gilvipes  2♂︎♂︎.
D. near misella?  2♂︎♂︎, ant. 24 & 25, recurrent n. strongly rejected!
D. macrospila?  ♀︎, a fine specimen!  Ant. 27.
D. (Gyrocampa) sp. n.?  ♀︎, head suddenly & much widened behind eyes, 29-seg. antennae, recurrent n. much erected, &c.  Cf. with robusta below.
Gyrocampa robustus sp. n.  Head expanded behind the eyes, 3♂︎♂︎, ant. 26, 27, 27, 1♀︎ (Type! AWS 19.10.1948), ant. 25.  Cf. uliginosa on p.147->
D. longiradialis  2♂︎♂︎.
D. areolaris, pubescens & maculipes:  all examined! & probably frequent.

Choribidea lymphatus?  ♀︎, ant. 21-22, disco-cubital almost wanting!
Coelinius cf. n. sp. Sligo  ♂︎, ant. 41.
Monoctonus caricis  ♂︎:  not mtd.
Aphidius spp. abundant:  mostly ♂︎♂︎:  not kept.
Proctos 6 } none mtd.
Chalcids 3 } none mtd.
Cynipids 4 } none mtd.

Stratiomyid.  Oxycera formosa frequent:  ♀︎ mtd.

Transcription Notes:
piccinervis = picinervis. For some reason he has changed the spelling. It was spelt correctly in other diaries.