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101. 16th June '54, cont. Lynch Park, Co. DU. Taken with sucker in lane at ca. 900 feet. Bombus pratorum ☿ on Vicia sepium at 1,000 feet, see p.100 antea. Bombus lucorum (♀︎) & agrorum (♀︎♀︎) also seen. Sawflies. Tenthredo "arcuata", "mesomelas", & ♀︎ of nassata. Pteronidea myosotidis √ ♂︎. Pimpla maculator small ♀︎, ant. 24. Promethes cognatus ♂︎, ant. 24. Homocidus tarsatorius ♀︎: mtd. on its back! Ant. 22. Homocidus cinctus 3 dark ♀︎♀︎, ant. all 21: 1 mtd. on its side, 1 on face, & 1 on back. ♀︎Mesoleid?: small ♂︎, superficially like Homocidus pictus, ant. 28, scutellum with 2 spots, &c. Campoplegids 2 (1♂︎, 1♀︎) = Dioctes [[strikethrough]] exareolatus [[/strikethrough]] NO! - dark stigma! ♂︎, ant. 26. Angitia? sp.? v. small ♂︎, ant. 24. Bracon subligaris?? ♂︎, ant. 35, tergite 3 striate at base! Apanteles callidus?? ♂︎. Acoelius subfasciatus ♂︎. Procto. 1 = Belyta depressa ♂︎. 18th June. While feeding snails knocked a small spider into box 1/4" in front of a 3/4", young, centipede, which immediately rushed at & seized it by a leg, but the spider escaped & ran away; it was at once chased, caught & again seized by a leg, but again broke away (with or without the leg I don't know); once more the centipede gave chase & quickly overhauled the spider & this time grabbed its body in its mandibles & quickly chewed it up. The speed of the centipede was far greater than that of the little spider & it gave me the impression it was following the spider by sight. The centipede was probably a juvenile Lithobius forficatus. 19th June. Saw a ☿ Bombus pratorum in back garden getting pollen at flowers of Geranium ibericum this afternoon. 102. SCOTTISH TRIP 1954. [21st June 1954. Left Dublin by 11 AM. train, arrived Belfast at 1.15 P.M. & had lunch with George. Caught 2.25 bus for Newcastle, Co. Down where we arrived about 4 PM. i.e. Daisy & I. This was to permit us to attend George's wedding with Margaret Elizabeth Dodds of Ballyroney the following day. After a cup of tea walked S. along coast for a mile or so & back for supper at 6.45 PM. Joined by Mr. & Mrs. & Malcolm Dalgetty of Dublin who had also come for the wedding. Weather poor & drizzly most of the day but cleared in evening & a fine night. 22nd June (Tuesday). A beautiful morning & a lovely fine day with much hot sun, but showers in evening. In forenoon, before attending the wedding at 12.30, Daisy & I walked up the right bank of Shimna River where very nice ground & where I caught (with my hand) or saw the following insects:- Newcastle, Co. Down. [5 mounted 8/9/54.] Bombus pratorum ☿ seen on roadside & watched for some time. Hylaeus confusus 2♂︎♂︎ (1 taken!) on Crepis flowers Athalia cordata by path along river: 2♂︎♂︎ taken Nematine sawfly ♂︎♂︎ common along path by river = Lygaeonematus laricis? 2♂︎♂︎ Wedding festivities lasted from 12.30 till 4 P.M. Later drove to Eglantine Rectory with Daisy's brother Canon A.D. Mitchell & his wife & then went on to catch the Glasgow boat at Belfast.]