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5. 25th August 1952. On going down the back garden (14 Clareville Road, Harold's Cross, Dublin) at 11 AM. this morning I saw, & captured with my left hand, a freshly emerged ♂︎ meteorus chrysophthalmus which was sitting on a leaf of a potato plant. It has 42-seg. antennae. Several Pimpla instigator ♀︎♀︎ seen in garden, house & motorhouse recently. 28th August 1952. Taken in back garden about 5 P.M. 14 Clareville Rd. Hemiteles sp. ♀︎ in motor house! Ant. 28. Bassus laetatorius ♀︎, ant. 18. Homocidus biguttatus ♂︎, ant. 24. H. longiventrus 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 21 both. H. subopaca small ♂︎, ant. 22. Eubadizon extensor 2♀︎♀︎ swept off red current bush under birch, smaller: ant. 43; larger: ant. 45 [7 mtd. & labelled 30.3.1961.] 30th August 1952. Although glass had fallen slowly for 48 hours this, like 29th, was a very nice warm, almost windless, day with much hot sun. Saturday! In afternoon George, Daisy, & I drove to Woodend, east of Blessington, WI. & while they collected blackberries I did some sweeping in two areas, as follows:- 1. = sides of lane forming W. side of triangle at Woodend 2. = edge of stream just below & just above bridge on main road, 100 yards W. of station 1. Taken at 1. (4.30-5.0 PM.) [15 labelled Feb 1955: the eleven remaining not labelled till 31.3.1961. AWS.] Hemiteles spp. 1♂︎, 3♀︎♀︎: none mtd, Exolytus scrutator Hal. ♀︎, ant. 24 6. 30.8.52, cont. Woodend, Co. Wi., cont. Taken at 1, cont. Pimpla instigator, a very small ♀︎, ant. 33. P. spuria ♀︎, ant. 30. Acrodactylus degener ♀︎: not mtd. Dyspetes praerogator 3: not mtd. Mesochorus sp. ♀︎, ant. 40. Porizonid 5: 3 mtd. Thersilochus marginatus Bridg. ♀︎, ant. 27. Th.? sp.? ♂︎ (ant. 31); ♀︎ (ant. 26), terebra longer than abdomen. Adelognathus chrysopygus ♀︎, ant. 14. Meteorus filator 2♂︎♂︎, ant. both 29. Diospilus oleraceus ♂︎: not mtd. Opius caesus, 1 very minute ♀︎, ant. 21. O. cf. longicornis ♂︎, ant. 26. O. stenops miki. 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 22 & 23. O. cf. exilis Hal. ♂︎, ant. 25. Tanycarpa ancilla ♀︎, ant. 23. Arpilota nemorialis m. ♀︎, ant. 18. - Very nice specimen! A. dentifemur ♂︎, ant. 21: very strong neuration! A. cf. surcularia ♂︎, ant. 19. A. (Synaldis) gracilicornis miki ♂︎ (ant. 24), ♀︎ (ant. 21). Dacnusa areolaris, confinis, laevipectus 5. D. diremta 2 D. aphanta 1 minute ♂︎ D. ergteles Nixon, ♂︎, ant. 22. D. [[strikethrough]] cf. ninella (or [[/strikethrough]] asramenes?), ♂︎, ant. 35. D. gilvipes ♂︎, ant. 29. D. (Gyrocampa) hirtigena (? large ♂︎), ant. 23. D. (G.) uliginosa ♂︎, ant. 27. Praon ♀︎ not mtd. Aphidius spp. 2: not mtd. Proctos 13: none mtd. Chalcid 1: not mtd. Beetle. Lema septentrionis.
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Reopened 26 Jan 2021 for further work.
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