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14th August 1951.  

A fine day with gentle W. breeze. 

In afternoon drove to Manor Kilbride, Co. Wicklow & collected by sweeping in two areas of the triangle between upper & lower & cross roads just E. of the lodge & entrance to the estate, as on many previous occasions.  Small hymenoptera very plentiful & most swept under trees or just outside same. 

1 = under trees along lower road from middle to S.W. Corner.
2 = ditto but at SE. corner & along drain by cross road.

Manor Kilbride, Co. Wicklow

Taken at 1. 
[16 mounted from 1 & these labelled 17.2.1952.]

Dryinids  2♂︎♂︎, one with more-red legs than the other!  Neither mtd.
Epitomus pygmaeus  3: not mtd.
Cryptinids 2.  Hemiteles ♂︎, & Atractodes ♀︎: neither mtd.
Promethes pulchellus?  ♂︎: not mtd.
Campoplegids 4: none mtd.
Plectiscids 2: 1 mtd. = Helictes cf. pilicornis Thoms., ant. 30 (♂︎?).
Microplitis mediator  ♂︎, red antennae!
Apanteles falcatus  ♀︎: not mtd.
Meteorus micropterus  2♂︎♂︎: not mtd.


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14.8.51, cont.  Manor Kilbride, WI., cont.

Taken at 1, cont.

Blacus ruficornis  ♀︎: not mtd.
B. paganus?  1♂︎, 1♀︎, large!  Ant. 19 & 17 respectively.
Macrocentrus infirmus  ♂︎, ant. 36.
Opius caesus  1 & 3 others:  only 1 mtd. = 
O. levis Wesm.  ♂︎, ant. 22:  a very dark, clearly coloured example with slight groove where dimple ought to be!
Pentapleura angustula  1♀︎, & P. pumilio  2♀︎♀︎: none mtd.
Aphanta tenuicornis  2♀︎♀︎: not mtd.
Orthostigma sp.  3♂︎♂︎: none mtd.
Aspilota spp. ca. 25, including A. maculipes Hal. 2♂︎♂︎ & other common spp., but none seen of interest.  Only 1 mtd. = 
A. cf. cynipidis?  possibly a large ♂︎ of this!  Ant. 25.
A. (Synaldis) spp.  5♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: none mtd.
Dacnusa areolaris, maculipes, & group 8:  none mtd.
D. cyclops  1♀︎ not mtd.
D. aphanta?  ♀︎, ant. 28.
D. (Gyrocampa) affinis  3♀︎♀︎:  1♀︎ mtd. ant. 22.
Chaenusa conjungens  1 dark ♀︎: ant. 20.
Aphidius spp. 5:  1 mtd. = A. pterocommae  ♀︎, ant. 19:  agrees well!
Proctos, in abundance ca. 35 in sucker:  6 mounted = 
Chalcids  12 } none mtd.
Cynipids  2 } none mtd.