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88. 11th Sept. 1946. The best day for a long time, with rising glass & strong S.W. breeze, which died away in afternoon; mild with plenty of very hot sun. Drove in afternoon to Ballymakaily Bridge & Grand Canal, & walked up canal to Gollierstown Bridge: 4 till 6.30 P.M. Swept in three areas as follows:- 1 = Edge of canal along tow path, especially the two "lie-bys", & edge of ponds 1/4 mile above Ballymakaily, all between loch & Gollierstown 2 = Ponds, &c. S. of canal & just W. of Gollierstown Bridge: 1st & 2nd ponds. 3 = Third pond, just W. of station 2 & S. of Canal. All Co. Dublin. Many Halictus spp. ♂︎♂︎ swept & seen, a few ♀︎♀︎. Very few Bombus seen & mostly agrorum or lucorum. Insects taken at 1. [23 mtd. & these labelled 21.11.1949!] Bethylus fuscicornis: not mtd. Alomyia debellator - not mtd. red ♂︎ on flowers of Mentha aquatica. 2♂︎♂︎ Vol. 1. not mtd. Ischnus nigricollis ♀︎, ant. 32. 89. 11.9.46, cont. Gollierstown, Co. DU., cont. Taken at 1, cont. Cryptinids 9: 4 mtd. = Pezomachus sp. ♀︎ ant. 18 smaller. P. sp. ♀︎, ant. 18 larger. Plectrocryptus? ♂︎, white face, &c., ant. 26. Hemiteles sp. ♀︎, ant. 19. Lissonota commixta ♂︎: not mtd. Cteniscus aurifluus ♂︎ } none mtd. Thersilochid 1♂︎, 3♀︎♀︎ } None mtd. Campoplegids 2 } None mtd. Bracon coriaceus? ♀︎, ant. 27; small darkish specimen. Apanteles infimus? ♀︎. Microgaster cf. tibialis? ♀︎. Sigalphus cf. caudatus or floricola 1♂︎: not mtd. Blacus ruficornis ♀︎: not mtd. Diospilus oleraceus ♂︎: not mtd. Macrocentrus abdominalis ♀︎: ant. 44. Opius caesus 1♂︎, 1♀︎. O. tacitus ♀︎, ant. 26. Pentapleura pumilio ♂︎ & 5♀︎♀︎: not mtd. P. angustula 1♂︎: not mtd. Alloea contracta ♀︎: not mtd.