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305. 20th April 1946. Heavy rain during night & drizzle till late afternoon, coldish & getting colder in evening when rain stopped & sun gleamed out about 8 P.M. Everything in garden doing well & looking fresh in spite of chilly day: potatoes planted on 1st April. 28th April 1946. The best day for more than a week, all sunny in afternoon & evening, after a miserable week with dull cold weather & NW, N, & finally NE wind & much rain; wind however still NE & strong. In afternoon took car out & drove to Kilteel, Co. KD; left car 1/2 mile E. of village & castle & walked up road & on to summit of Cupidstown Hill & back to car. Saw several bits of nice ground for collecting later in year, including a Glyceria-filled sand pit near top of hill, ca. 1200 ft. alt. On way down collected along roadside from 1200 ft to 1000 ft (= 1), & again near car, at foot of small stream channel S. of road down hill. (= 2) Then drove home via Punchestown House, Cross Chapel & Crooksling : distance 30 miles. 306. 28.4.46, cont. Kilteel & Cupidstown Hill, Co. KD. Saw many butterflies, especially Greenveined Whites, Peacock, Orange Tip 1♂︎ & Speckled Woods. Saw a few bees - Halictus calceatus & rubicundus ♀︎♀︎, Bombus derhamellus 1♀︎, agrorum 1♀︎ & lucorum ♀︎ as well as 1♀︎ Psithyrus distinctus. Salius fuscus ♀︎ on road. Swept the following insects on way down from Cupidstown Hill to car. Insects taken at 1 - on roadside & by pool. 1200-1000 ft. "Cupidstown Hill" Hemiteles sp. 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Phygadeuon sp. 3♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: 1♂︎ (ant. 22), 1♀︎ (ant. 20) mtd. Apanteles fulvipes group ♀︎. Aspilota nigrescens ♂︎: not mtd. Dacnusa longiradialis ♂︎: not mtd. D. areolaris ♂︎: not mtd. D. laevipectus v. tibialis miki frequent ♂︎♂︎, a few ♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Monoctonus caricis ♂︎, ant. 16. Aphidius sp.? ♂︎: not mtd. Proctos. 2: 1 mtd.
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