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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


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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.

Transcription Notes:
Reopened 26 Jan 2021 for further work. Reviewed & corrected @kd