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142.

26.9.48, cont.  Kippure Ho., WI., cont.

Meteorus deceptor or pallidus?  Very large ♀︎, ant. 44.
M. filator?  2♀︎♀︎: not mtd.
Eubadizon extensor ♀︎: not mtd.
Gnamptodon pumilio  2♀︎♀︎: not mtd.
Tanycarpa ancilla ♂︎, ant. 24.

Aspilota spp. 6 = A. surcularia  m. 3♀︎♀︎, ant. all 16. 
A. fuscicornis 3♀︎♀︎, ant. 15, 15 & 16.

Dacnusa laevipectus 7♀︎♀︎: not mtd.
D. longiradialis 1♀︎: not mtd.
Ephedrus brevis 26, mostly ♀︎♀︎: 7 mtd. of which 1♂︎, 3♀︎♀︎ are obviously brevis, but 3 smaller ♂︎♂︎ of a weaker form! Ant. all 11.
Proctos - 8 & all Serphyds!  None mtd.
Chalcids 9: none mtd.
Cynipids, abundant, about 12 in sucker: none mtd.
Homopteron with yellow central spot on wings [[image]] =
Moth: not mtd.


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29th Sept. 1948. 

A fine day, mild, with much hot sun & strong SW. wind, falling late in evening.  Drove in afternoon to Lucan demesne to get shelter & swept for 1½ hours: home at 5.20 P.M.

Lucan demesne (Sarsfield Estate Ltd.), Co. DU. 

Insects swept on flat by river where (& just below) road from gate meets path along river.  3.30-5.0 P.M.
[30 mounted & these labelled 20.3.1953.]

Sawfly. Athalia cordata ♂︎: not mtd.

Cryptinids 12: including Pezomachus rufulus 3♀︎♀︎: not mtd.
Hemiteles cf. gracilis 3♀︎♀︎ & Hemiteles spp.: none mtd.
Pezomachus sp. ♂︎, ant. 21.
Pimpla depositor ♀︎: not mtd.
Polyblastus sp. ♀︎, ant. 26, red abd., black femora.
Stenomacrus ventralis 1♂︎ only: not mtd.
St. minutus Hlgr. ♀︎, ant. 18.
St. near deletus ♂︎, ant. 26.
Dyspetes praerogator ♀︎:  1st seen this year!  Not mtd.
Mesochorus? ♀︎, ant. 31 = Dolichochorus longiceps Strobl. fide J.F. Perkins, May 1953 & new to Britannic list!
Colastes braconius 2♀︎♀︎: not mtd.
Meteorus ictericus ♀︎, ant. 32.
Blacus ruficornis  6 (♂︎ & ♀︎).
B. filicornis m. ♀︎, ant. 17.
Diospilus oleraceus 2♂︎♂︎: 1 mtd., ant. 26.