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349. 31st July 1946. A poor afternoon, strong SW-W breeze, cool; with skiffs of rain, after a fine night & forenoon. In afternoon drove to Blessington & then towards Ballyward Bridge on R. Liffey & home. Collected by sweeping in 3 places: - All Co. Wicklow & alt. ca. 600 ft. 1 = Swampy field below road S. of the rectory, Blessington & 100 yards above edge of new reservoir & just E. of old road to old Blessington Bridge (now under water). 2 = steep slope between road & river, under trees 3/4 mile below Ballyward Bridge & just within area of new reservoir, in townland of Three Castles. 3 = Edge of reservoir at 2; much Phragmites, rushes, sedges & Rumex, a few hundred yards below where river enters the reservoir. 350. 31.7.46, cont. Blessington, Co. Wi. Taken at 1 [12 mounted & these labelled 1.4.1949!] Anteon sp. ♂︎. Ichneumon sp. ♂︎: not mtd. Cryptinids 11, including a very minute ♂︎ of Hemiteles cf. aperta (not mtd.) which is less than 2mm. in length: only 2 mtd. = Stylocryptus (Glyphicnemis) profligator ♂︎, ant. 28. S. (G.) clypealis ♂︎, clypeus, front coxae, whitish; ant. 27. Mesoleius sp. 1♂︎, ant. 35, yellow scutellum, &c. Homocidus obscuripes ♂︎: not mtd. Campoplegid ♀︎, looks interesting = Dioctes? sp.? (not exareolatus!) ♀︎, ant. 27. Oncophanes minutus ♀︎, ant. 21; rather reddish abdomen. Rogas irregularis ♀︎: not mtd. Apanteles cf. infimus ♂︎: not mtd. Microplitis medianus ♂︎. Opius cingulatus 3♂︎♂︎ & O. caesius ♂︎: none mtd. O. cf. irregularis? 2♀︎♀︎ (? 2 species): 1♀︎ mtd. is irregularis!, ant. 24. O. aemulus, var. faint smooth sternauli, ant. 27. Adelura flaviventris ♂︎: not mtd. Aspilota tumida m. 2♂︎♂︎ } none mtd. A. spp. 2 other very small ♂︎♂︎ } none mtd.