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47. 12th April 1952. A most beautiful sunny day, with very hot sun over Dublin & the plain. In afternoon drove to Deey Lock on Royal Canal, Co. KD. Did a little sweeping inside Mr. Mitchell's plantations & along canal W. of same. Here took the following:- Epitomus pygmaeus 1♀︎: not mtd. Aspilota (Synaldis) 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀ = A. concolor 2♂︎♂︎, ant. both 22. A. cf. rudenticornis ♀︎, ant. 18. Dacnusa cf. aerolaris about six (♂︎ & ♀︎). } None mtd. Proctos. About a dozen, mostly Trichopria } None ntd. Chalcids 6 or 7. Small Staphylinid beetles swept in dozens & many species. On return journey saw one Swallow near Esker. 12.4.52. In garden after heavy rain on 10th-11th & then hot sun, much growth. Carex stricta & C. clandestina in flower, Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi & Viola hirta in bud. Saxifraga rosacea in front garden with some flowers & Euphobia hiberna shoots up 3 to 4 inches. April 1952. Received from D.K. McE. Kevan a series (♂︎ & ♀︎) of an Ick bred from the Lesser Wax Moth Achroia grisella. All appear to be Angitia chrysosticta. Locality not given, but "England". 48. 13th April 1953. Dull & showers in morning, but after 11 AM. brilliantly sunny all day. Sun very hot. Wind light, E. in Dublin, but S. SW. in hill & over plains in afternoon. Left home in car about 2.15 & drove to Brittas Pond, where left car. Walked up to Lynch Park & thence round W. side of Slieve Thoule & back over col 1144 ft. to car. Swept a little along roadside at & S. of Lynch Park, where saw Bombus derhamellus, jonellus & lucorum (1♀︎ of each!) & Small Tortoiseshells & 1 Peacock Butterfly. Willow Warblers & Chiffchaffs frequent & saw & heard the 4 Whooper Swans as they flew up & down over the Brittas Ponds having been disturbed from the Blessington Lake where J.P. Brunker reported they had been for some time. having been +/- chased from the Brittas Ponds by the mate as the breeding season approached. In forenoon saw Bombus agrorum (1st ♀︎), lucorum & terrestris ♀︎♀︎ & two ♀︎ Vespa sp. (either vulgaris or germanica; & during dinner several Small White Butterflies. Insects taken on roadside at Lynch Park, Co. DU., ca. 900-1000ft. Dacnusa areolaris 5♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎. Aphidius sp. 2♂︎♂︎, dark dark legs: none mtd. Proctos. 6 = Chalcids 2: not mtd. Cynipid 1 (others seen in net!): not mtd. Hemipteron =