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9.10.46 (1) cont.  Glending Wood, Co. WI., cont.

Dacnusa laevipectus (or areolaris) 14 all ♀︎♀︎; none mtd.
D. longiradialis  9♀︎♀︎, one large ♀︎ kept; ant. 22.
Proctos. Very common - 5 mounted!, especially Platygasters (?)
Cryptoserphus sp. n.  ♀︎, long ovipositor: seen by G.S.J. Nicon: see his letter of 16?.10.46.
= Cryptoserphus arcuator AWS. 1950 = the fellow with the bow! Terebra.
Chalcids. 5.


9.10.46 (2). Glending Marsh, &c. Co. KD. 
[6 mtd. from 2 & these labelled 1.2.50 or earlier!]

Pezomachus rufulus  1 all red ♀︎: not mtd
Opuis irregularis  3♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd.
Alloea contracta  2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd.
Phaenocarpa livida  ♀︎ taken in drain under hedge; mutilated
Aspilota (Synaldis) sp.  ♀︎ ant. 17. 
Aspilota dentifemur  ♀︎, ant 20.
Dacnusa areolaris (2♀︎), D. laevipectus (4♀︎), D. maculipes (1♂︎, 1♀︎).  None mtd.
D. longiradialis (1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎) - not mtd.;  D. elegantula (3♀︎)- not mtd., D. diremta (1♀︎), ant. 31.
D. aphanta (1♀︎) - ant. 25, & D. cf. merion ♂︎, in ovalis group Nixon; 1♀︎ (labelled & put in box with ovalis group 11.11.1946! AWS.)
Aphidius sp. 3♂︎♂︎.


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13th Oct. 1946. 

A fine but entirely cloudy day with east wind, but much less harsh than previous  week.  In afternoon drove to R. Canal & left car at loch 3/4 mile W. of Louisa Bridge & walked back along canal, where good shelter.  Collected by sweeping in two places:- 

Royal Canal, Co. KD.
1 = W. edge of 3rd field W. of Louisa Bridge & between canal & Maynooth road, where weeds, grass, turnips, &c.
2 = sides of two path from station 1 to W. end of wall-enclosed plantation, especially on ivy on wall & off ash bushes, &c.

Royal Canal, Co. KD.

Taken at 1.
[12 mounted from 1 & these labelled 1.2.50!]

Hemiteles sp.  2♀︎♀︎: not mtd.
Acrodactyla degener  ♀︎;  ant. 21.
Absyrtus luteus?  ♀︎, ant. 44.
Mesochorus sp.  ♂︎, ant. 34.
Plectiscus sp.  ♀︎, ant. 19.
Apanteles fulvipes group  ♀︎ = ? circumscriptus ♀︎.  AWS. 2.2.50.
Blacus ruficornis?  ♂︎, with crumpled wings;  ant. 21.
Diospilus capito  ♂︎, ant. 24.
Alloea contracta  ♀︎: not mtd.
Phaenocarpa conspurcator  1 huge ♀︎ & 2 smaller ♀︎♀︎:  not mtd.