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257. 10th Aug. 1947. A very fine day with gentle W. breeze & very hot sun all day where we were at Athdown. Rode on bikes, leaving home at 10 AM. & arriving at the "footstick" path, Athdown, Upper Liffey, Co. WI., at 12-20, alt. 800-900 ft. Collected in 3 areas as follows:- 27. 1 = edge of potato & corn patch in field below the road & at top of scarp (with oak-hazel &c.) & rt. (N.) bank of R. Liffey, just E. of the dam 12.30-1 P.M. 18. 2 = Left bank of R. Liffey for 1/4 mile above the footstick, including the marsh below the scarp & above gorge, 2-4 P.M. 51. 3 = same as 1 but 4-5 P.M. Athdown, WI. Taken at 1. [28 mounted & [[strikethrough]] these [[/strikethrough]] most labelled on 24.3.1951.] Salius exaltatus ♀︎ Formica fusca winged ♀︎, swept amongst grass. Myrmica sp. ♂︎, swept, not examined. Lissonota bellator ♀︎: not mtd. Cteniscid: very nice = Acrotomus lactus Grav.? ♀︎, ant. 32. No! fide G.J.K. See Kerrich's letter dated 15.3.1951. Labelled & sent to Kerrich 12/3/51! A.W.S. 258. 10.8.47, cont. Athdown, WI., cont. Taken at 1, cont. Homocidus bizonarius ♂︎, ant. 20. Campoplegids 4 (2 spp.) 2 mtd. = Canidia cf. exigua? 1♂︎, ant. 21 with irregular areolet. 1♀︎, ant. 21. Mesochorus cf. nigripes ♀︎, ant. 24. Leiophron muricatus ♀︎, ant. 30. Macrocentrus infirmus ♀︎, ant. 31. Biosteres rusticus ♂︎, ant. 38. B. sylvaticus Hal. (microps m.) 1♂︎, ant. 38, 1♀︎ ant. broken. Opius caesus 2♀︎♀︎: not mtd. O. cf. exilis Hal. 6 (♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎), as on previous years. 1♂︎ (ant. 25), 2♀︎♀︎ (ant. 24 & 26) mounted! Alysia atra 6♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎, along potato-drill amongst Potato, Galeopsis tetrahit, Spergularia, Polygonum Persicaria &c. Ant. of 6♂︎♂︎, 30(1), 31(1) & 34(4); of ♀︎, 29. In some of these the notauli are quite strongly developed, in others scarcely traceable, & in at least 1♂︎ they die out on disc: therefore in Marshall's key some would run to atra & some to mandibulator! AWS. 1951. Pentapleura pumilio 1♂︎. Aspilota dentifemur parva 1♀︎, ant. 17. A. cf. vulgaris 1♂︎, ant. 22. A. concinna Hal. 1 fine ♀︎, ant. 19. A. dilatata Thoms. 1 typical ♀︎, ant. 16; another smaller, with narrow wings, ant. 16 also but very pale at base & much paler legs, but head typical & must below here! AWS. 1951. - cf. ♂︎ taken at 3, p.262! Dacnusa areolaris group 3, not mtd. D. affinis 4: not mtd. Chaenusa conjungens 8 (♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎) - a very dry place to get this species! 1♂︎, 1♀︎ mtd.; ant. 23 & 19 respectively. Stung caterpillar on grass found from which a ♀︎ Rogas nigricornis emerged next day or so; ant. 45.