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21.5.52, cont.  Louisa Bridge, Leixlip, KD., cont.

Arge ustulata ♀︎, on hawthorn, which was in full flower. 
Tenthredo "arcuata" ♀︎: 1st. of season!  Not taken!! 
Phygadeuonid  ♂︎ ant. 19., very wide areslot in wing = Orthocentrus protuberans? ♂︎, ant. 27; radius (3rd abscissa!), concave below 
Promethes cognatus  ♂︎: not mtd.
Canidia  ♂︎: not mtd.
Bracon anthracinus  ♀︎: not mtd.
B. hispiterga m. var. pale femora!  ♀︎, ant. 27:  very like epitriptus group, but antennae & antennae segs. shorter, wings darker, &c.
Apanteles tetricus?  ♂︎: not mtd.
Opius irregularis  ♂︎ not mtd. 
O. brevitarsis m.? (= parvulus W.?) ♂︎, ant. 21. but has red clypeus cheeks! &c., like ♂︎ from Connary, WI. 27.8.1939!
Alloea contracta  ♀︎, ant. 21.
Dacnusa areolaris group  ♂︎: not. mtd.
D. postica (Hal.) Nixon 1937;  small ♂︎; ant 35; also another similar ♂︎, ant. 35
[[strikethrough]] D [[/strikethrough]]
D. (G.) nigriscaposa  ♀︎, ant. 22. 
Monoctonus nervosa  ♂︎: not mtd.
Aphidius spp.  3♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd.
Proctos. 2 = 
Chalcids 4: 1 mtd. =
Cynipid 1: not mtd:
Saw one lovely fresh Bee Hawk Moth!


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22nd May 1952.

A lovely day, all sunny after a misty morning & heavy dew.  In afternoon drove to Newport House, Donabate to spend afternoon with Mrs. Zoë Hall & see her garden, which is very extensive, beautifully kept & full of interesting plants - many native.  After leaving her we stopped near head of Swords estuary & I collected by sweeping salt marsh & sea grass (above H.W.M.) for an hour & then home via the Hudsons at Hampsted. In the salt marsh much Cochlearia & Atriplex portulacoides in lower zone (i.e. subject to extreme high tide overflowing!) & above that Beta & various grasses, & only a few other plants.  Here swept the following:-

Swords Estuary, 1/2 mile W. of Newport Ho. Co. Dublin  5.30 to 6.30 P.M.
[41 mtd. & these labelled 20.1.1954]

Bracon nigratus?  2♂︎♂︎, all black var.?. ant. 31 & 32.
Apanteles sp.? {but same as one from Broad Lough, WI (2) 5.6.49.} 2♂︎♂︎, - 1 mounted! white wings. 
A. fulvipes group  ♀︎.
Microplitus xanthopus  ♂︎
Euphorus pallipes  six of which 3 have shorter & thicker 24-24-25. seg. ant. & are? ♀︎♀︎, while 3 have slender  24-25-27 seg. ant. & may be ♂︎♂︎.
Centistes lucidator  ♂︎, ant. 24.
Aphaereta cephalotes  2♂︎♂︎, 4♀︎♀︎, ant. 21 (2♂︎♂︎) & 19 (2), 20 (2), (♀︎♀︎).
Aspilota sp.?  ♂︎, ant. 21, v. small rugose propodeum, almost black legs, &c. not nigrescens, cf. ♂︎ from Skerries Bog, KD., (2) 23.9.48.
Dacnusa anasella  2♂︎♂︎ (ant. 22 & 23), 1♀︎ (ant. 20): a new station for this sp.
D. (G.) sp.? nov.  ♂︎, ant. 21. 
D. cf. laevipectus  ♂︎: not mtd.
Chaenusa connjugens  ♂︎, ant. 26.

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Transcription Notes:
Reopened 26 Jan 2021