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254.

2.5.48, cont.  Athdown, Co. W., cont.

Insects taken at 2. 
[26 mounted from 2 & these labelled on 7.9.1951]

Dryinid  1♂︎ =
[Xyela julii  ♀︎ swept by Graham off birch]
Cratichneum  2♂︎♂︎: not mtd.
Leptocryptus sp.  ♀︎, ant. 28.
Hemiteles bicolorinus group  ♀︎, ant. 22 =
Phygadeuon ♂︎: not mtd.
Pimpla brevicornis?  1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 20, latter only mounted; same as ♂︎ at 1!
P. brevicornis punctiventris  7♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎; some ♂︎♂︎ with all pale & some with dark front legs:  1♂︎, 1♀︎ mtd., ant. both 20.
P .detrita group  ♂︎, ant. 20, right wings torn off
Glypta cf. pictipes  ♂︎, ant. 36; hind tibiae maculated!
Homocidis tarsatorius  ♂︎; ant. 21
Stenomacrus ventralis  1 typically pale ♀︎.  Not mtd.
St. ridibundris?  ♀︎, ant. 22; abdomen only partially compressed!

Paniscus latungula?  ant. 43. {
Campoplegids  19: 3♀︎♀︎ only mtd. = {
Aperileptus obliquus Th.  ♂︎, ant. 22. {
Aspilota 3 = A fuscicornis  2♂︎♂︎, ant. 17 & 18. 
A. (Synaldis) temporalis?  ♀︎, ant. 17; head widened, legs darkish.


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2.5.48, cont.  Athdown, Co. WI., cont.

Taken at 2, cont.

Dacnusa lestes Nix.?  ♂︎, with sternauli!  Ant. 23.
D. longiradialis  ♂︎: not mtd.
[D. aphanta  ♂︎ taken by Graham!]
Ephedrus brevis 4:  2♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎;  antennal segs. 10 & 11 +/- joined.
Monoctonus nervosa?  ♀︎; ant. 13.
M. caricis?  ♂︎, teneral, not mtd.
Proctos.  1 = 
Chalcids  5.  1 mounted with thickened mid tibiae, which have two black spots on apex = 
Cynipids  2: not mtd.

[Small beetle in sucker very stiff & possibly in this sucker since last year.]  Nevertheless labelled "Athdown"!!! = 


3rd May 1948.
Cold & dull with much rain during evening & night of 3rd-4th.


4th May 1948.
Milder, with much sun, but misty rain & strong W. wind in evening.  Swifts arrived & Swans hatched in nest above Portobello Bridge!  At 7 P.M. 2 Swifts flying over back garden & near nesting site in roof of back return of No. 8 Clareville Rd.  Quite silent!