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73. 9th-10th June 1952. Very warm & nearly all hot sun. Many small aculeates in garden, such as Crabro varius, C. chrysostomus, Hylaeus communis, Halictus spp., Andrena jacobi (worn ♀︎), Nomada marshamella ♀︎, Megachile (versicolor or centunculus?) ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎; Odynerus pictus ♂︎♂︎, Bombus lucorum, B. terrestris (☿ on Helianthemum in front garden), B. hortorum ♀︎ at Foxglove & Snapdragon, B. agrorum ☿♀︎, B. muscorum (a lovely ♀︎ at Snapdragon on 10th), Psithyrus barbutellus ♀︎ & Bombus lapidarius. [The ♀︎ Psithyrus rupestris not seen for some days!] - See entry under 16th June, p.78 -> 11th June 1952. A very warm soft day with gentle NW. breeze & considerable hot sun bursts; dull in evening & no wind. In afternoon drove to Manor Kilbride, Co. WI. & collected in & around triangle of roads, as often before. Filled 2 suckers: insects plentiful. 1 = N. & narrow end of triangle 2 = broad, S., end of triangle, by trickle of water along road from Tinnode to Upper Liffey, & birch scrub & swamp above upper road to triangle, but only a few taken in last. Manor Kilbride, Co. WI. Taken at 1. [54 mounted from 1 & these labelled 18.3.1954] Dryinids 2 (1♂︎, 1♀︎) = 74. 11.6.52, cont. Manor Kilbride, WI., cont. Taken at 1 cont. Epitomus pygmaeus ♀︎: not mtd. Cryptinids 15 (all ♂︎♂︎!) & only 2♂︎ Pezomachus: [[strikethrough]] mounted [[/strikethrough]] none mtd. Cteniscids 2, ant. both 28 = Promethes pulchellus ♂︎: not mtd. Dioctes exareolatus? ♂︎ - the only Campoplegid: not mtd. Mesochorus sp. 1♂︎, 1♀︎; very minute! Ant. 21 (♂︎) & 20 (♀︎). Aperileptus sp. 1♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd. Apanteles black sp. 12 ♂︎ & ♀︎ (? all same species!): none mtd. Euphorus fulvipes abundant, as on 13.6.1951. E. flavicornis? miki 1♀︎, ant. 21 Opius spp.14 - only 3 mtd., including irregularis 1♀︎, cingulatus 4 (♂︎ & ♀︎). O. cingulatus Auctt. non W. ♀︎, ant. 34. O. stenops large ♂︎, ant. 25. O. lugens ♂︎, very small, ant. 21. Pentapleura angustula & pumilio ♂︎ & ♀︎: 5 all told. Phaenocarpa livida 1♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd. Ph. picinervis 1♀︎ not mtd. Adelura flaviventris 3: none mtd. Aspilota spp. very abundant & forming the bulk of the small Bracs. - 22 mounted, including Orthostigma (2). dentifemur ♀︎ ant. 18 small; crassifemur 2♂︎♂︎, 4♀︎♀︎ ant. 25 (♂︎♂︎) 23, 24, 24, 26 (♀︎♀︎); tumida: not mtd; fuscicornis, not mtd. A. divisa S. & G. 1 small teneral ♀︎, ant. 18. A. atra, a huge ♂︎, ant. 29. A. cynipidis cf. 2 small ♀︎♀︎, ant. 17 & 18. A. planifrons group, ♂︎, ant. 24. A. cf. minutissima a minute ♂︎, ant. 21. A. sp.? with dimple, smooth prop., ant. 20. A. cf. rufifemur ♀︎, ant. 19. A. daemon ♀︎, ant. 17. A. surcularia? ♀︎, ant. 16 A. maculipes small ♀︎, ant. 16.