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247.)

26th May 1951. 

A very nice warm day, after a day of drizzle & rain in early morning, but with rather strong SE. wind.  Much hot sun, but mainly cloudy at Landenstown in aft.  Left home at 2.45 & drove to Grand Canal, 1/4 mile E. of Landenstown Ho., Co. Kildare - Daisy, George & myself.  Arrived about 3.40 & left for home about 5.40.

Collected by sweeping in plantation S. of road & along drain & edge of field (in pasture this year!) S. of plantation = 1;  & later, 5.0 till 5.40, along canal & parallel drain on edge of plantation between canal & road (= 2). 

Insects taken at 1.
[21 mounted & these labelled 16.1.1952.]

Loderus vestigialis  ♀︎ at 1 [also ♂︎ at 2.]
Aphelopus sp.  ♂︎.
Cryptinids  2♂︎♂︎: not mtd.
Exochus flaviventris  2♂︎♂︎; ant. 30 & 31.
Promethes cognatus  2♂︎♂︎: not mtd.
Homocidus biguttatus?  yellow shoulder marks!  ♂︎, ant. 24.
Campoplegids  2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎:  ♀︎ only mtd. = Omorga difformis Gm.  ant. 28.
Sigalphus aciculatus?  ♀︎ (ant. bitten off in sucker!)
Microctonus cf. cultus  ♂︎, ant. 24.
Blacus ruficornis  2♀︎♀︎: not mtd.
B. trivialis  1♀︎, ant. 17.


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26.5.51, cont.  Landenstown, KD., cont.

Taken at 1, cont.

Alloea contracta  ♂︎: not mtd.
Aspilota maculipes Hal.  ♂︎, ant. 20.
A. atra  ♂︎, ant. 28.
A. cf. umbrata  ♂︎, ant. 22, dark legs, rugose centre of propodeum, head not narrowed behind!
Dacnusa laevipectus & aphanta  1♀︎ & 2♂︎♂︎, respectively:  none mtd.
D. (Gyrocampa) siniffa?  ♂︎ ant. 29.
D. (G.) uliginosa  1♂︎, ant. 28.
D. (G.) nigriscaposa  ♂︎, ant. 25, very narrow post petiole!
Aphidius sp.  ♂︎, not mtd.
Ephedrus lacertosus  ♂︎: not mtd.
Proctos.  13: only mtd. 3! = 
Chalcids.  2♂︎♂︎: not mtd.
Cynipid  1 not mtd.
Dipteron  1 = 
Hemipteron  1 in reeds in drain at corner of field = 
Beetles  3 spp.: 2 mtd. = 


Taken at 2.
[2 mounted from 2 only:  labelled 16.1.52.]

Phygadeuon  ♂︎: not mtd.
Thersilochid  ♂︎: not mtd.
Dacnusa (sp.? ovalis group)  ♂︎, at edge of canal!  Ant. 25, dark legs: sp.7.?
D. aphanta  1♂︎.
D. confinis  1♀︎.
D. longiradialis  2♂︎♂︎
Aphidius dissolutus  ♂︎, ant. 16.
Chalcid  1: not mtd.


Pezomachus or Hemiteles? sp., ♂︎, ant. 21, taken on Vaccinium vitis-idaea in back garden, 14 Clareville Rd., Harold's Cross, DU.

29th May 1951.
Saw the first 1951 Bombus jonellus - a worker - v. fresh in garden.

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