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3rd August 1947.
A very fine day with much very hot sun & gentle SE-S breeze, after two days with thunder & heavy rain at times. Many hymnenoptera out, but flies not troublesome & only a few cleggs seen.
Did not go out in forenoon, but after lunch left home at 2 P.M. on bikes & rode to Gollierstown on Grand Canal & collected till 7 P.M. in three areas as follows:-
Gollierstown, Co. DU.
18. 1 = S. side of canal just W. of Gollierstown Bridge & N. corner of small (1st) quarry hole S. & W. of
bridge & separated from canal by high hillock.
18. 2 = W & N. sides & E. end of 3rd quarry hole (beyond wire fence) & S. of canal, 1/8 mile W. of bridge.
13. 3 = Mainly around quarry hole N. of wall on N. side of canal & nearly 1/8 mile W. of bridge - nearly opposite 3, but not quite
Insects taken at 1.
[18 mounted from 1 & these labelled 18.3.1951.]
Cryptinids 5, including Atractodes tenebricosus (2): not mtd.
Glypta rostrata ♀︎: not mtd.
Stenomacrus minutos? ♀︎, ant. 17., small smoky wings, exserted terebra.
Mesoleius sp. ♂︎, ant. 39.
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3.8.47,cont. Gollierstown, DU. cont.
Taken at.1. cont.
Zootrephus suspiciosus 4: not mtd.
Homocidus pallipes? ♀︎: not mtd.
Bracon communis ♂︎, ant. 26.
Diospilus capito ♂︎: not mtd.
Opius caesus 5: not mtd.
O. communis? 1♂︎, 1♀︎, not mtd.
Pentapleura pumilio about 2 dozon (♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎): not mtd.
Phaenocarpa nimia Stelfox = eunice Hal. 5 large ♂︎♂︎ ant. 30, 31(3) & 32, all taken in E. corner of 1st Quarry hole amount Glyceria &c.
Ph. picinervis 1♂︎, 1♀︎, not mtd.
Dacnusa longiradialis 6. } none mtd.
D. gilvipes 1♀︎ } none mtd.
D. areolaris group other than last: about 2 dozen. } none mtd.
D. (G.) affinis 6 (? all ♂︎♂︎) } none mtd.
D. (G.) uliginosa 8♂︎♂︎, 5♀︎♀︎ } none mtd.
Chaenusa conjungens 12♂︎♂︎, 4♀︎♀︎. } none mtd.
Praon abjectum 4: not mtd.
Monoctonus caricis 1♂︎: not mtd.
Trioxys sp. near auctus ♀︎, ant. 12.
Aphidius spp. 10: 1♀︎ mtd. only, ant. 17, = pascuorum!
