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240.) 4th September 1932. A dull chilly & unpromising morning, with strong NW wind, gradually improving & the afternoon calmer, milder & sunnier. Deputy's Pass, Co. WI. All insects taken on NE side near the "Avenue" & the old garden, or by the river below. [[underlined]] Bombus agrorum [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] - 1 very black [[male symbol]] taken! [[/insertion]] & [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]] only seen. [[underlined]] Psithyrus distinctus [[/underlined]] faded [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Halictus calceatus [[/underlined]] a few [[2 male symbols]] on ragweed. [[underlined]] Crabro styrius [[/underlined]] 1 tiny [[male symbol]] on hazel by the river where stump & stepping stones provide a crossing. [[underlined]] C. palmipes [[/underlined]] a large & very red [[female symbol]] at same place. [[underlined]] C. vagus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] near old garden. [[underlined]] Pompilus nigerrimus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on nettles at entrance. [[underlined]] Athalia lineolata [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] ([[checkmark]] 5/3/33). [[underlined]] Pimpla instigator [[/underlined]] large [[female symbol]] at log in old garden. P. mandibularis ? 1 [[female symbol]] at [[underlined]] Spanish fir tree [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] P. IV-maculata [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Probolus alticola [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Cratichneumon [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Stenichneumon castaneus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] almost black. [[underlined]] Hypomecus quadriannulatus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Phaeogenes [[/underlined]] - 2 [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] Dicaelotus [[/underlined]] ?? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[end page]] [[start page]] 241.) 4.9.32 cont. Deputy's Pass, WI cont. [[underlined]] Plectocryptus tarsatus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] examined & released. [[underlined]] Pezomachus [[/underlined]] rufulus ?? 2 [[2 female symbols]], 1 very small. Black Cryptid, with long terebra. [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Stilpnus gagates [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Attractodes tenebricosus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] ? [[underlined]] A. [[/underlined]] red sp.? - 2 [[2 male symbols]], 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Stenomacrus ventralis [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] ex. & rel. [[underlined]] Exochus [[/underlined]] - 1 also 3 [[curious?]] Tryphonids [[underlined]] Diaparsus [[/underlined]] - ? [[male symbol]] & 2 [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] Anomalid. [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] examined & released [[/insertion]] 2 - [[underlined]] Acroblapticus dentifer [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] [[arrow]] See also 20/6/1928. [[underlined]] Acroblapticus [[/underlined]] sp. but " [[underlined]] dentifer fide [[/underlined]] J.F. Perkins 5.4.37. [[underlined]] Meteorus obfuscatus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] ? [[underlined]] Rhogas circumscriptus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] ? [[underlined]] Opius [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] = [[underlined]] O. irregularis [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] [[/insertion]] - 3 ex. 3 spp. [[underlined]] Alloea contracta [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Aspilota distracta [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] A. fuscicornis [[/underlined]] common. [[underlined]] Dacnusa gilvipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. D. navicularis ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[strikethrough]] [[line across page]] [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] "Microps rubi" [[/underlined]] Hal. 2 [[2 female symbols]] & about 12 other exx of Proctos. [[line across page]] 5.9.32. J.P. Brunker brought me a [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Pimpla turionellae [[/underlined]] caught in the brewery (Guinness's), Dublin & believes that he has seen others similar.