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164.) 26th May 1936. Very hot sun all day; but a chilly NE. wind kept insects shy except in shelter of trees. [[underlined]] Slade of Saggart [[/underlined]], Co. DU. 3.0 till 7.0 P.M. Almost all insects taken by sweeping under trees & chiefly along old road; a few taken by sweeping in open or further up glen, but in both latter loci insects few & far between. [[sideways]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[/sideways]] No aculeates looked for & few seen! [[underlined]] Andrena jacobi [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Nomada flavoguttata [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Emphytus pallipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Ametastegia equiseti [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Dolerus niger [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] D. aeneus [[/underlined]] several. [[underlined]] D. nigratus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[sideways on page]] [[underlined]] Chelogynus [[/underlined]] [[/sideways]] [[underlined]] Loderus vestigialis [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]], 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Tom. luteiventris [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Athalia [[/underlined]] sp. seen. [[underlined]] Selandria serva [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] examined. [[underlined]] Phaeogenes fulvitarsis [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Alomyia debellator [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]] (1st seen 1936): not kept. [[underlined]] Atractodes [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] (carded). [[underlined]] Exolytus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] ?? 5 [[2 male symbols]] H. ? 1 tiny [[female symbol]], with terebra as long as body, almost like a [[underlined]] Stenomacrus [[/underlined]]. Phygadeuon ?? 6 [[2 male symbols]], 2 [[2 female symbols]]. [[end page]] [[start page]] 165.) 26/5/36 cont. Slade of Saggart, DU. cont. [[underlined]] Mesoleptus [[nigricans?]] [[/underlined]] ? 2 [[2 male symbols]] [[underlined]] Orthocentrus rufescens [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Perilissus filicornis [[/underlined]] many [[2 female symbols]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]]: 2 taken. [[underlined]] Homocidus dimidiatus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]], var. with black scutellum. [[underlined]] Promethes cognatus [[/underlined]] 3 [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] P. pulchellus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]], seg. 8-10 of antennae with tyloides. [[underlined]] Plectiscids [[/underlined]] = [[underlined]] Acroblapticus dentifer [[/underlined]] ? 4 [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Helictes medianus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Plectiscus [[/underlined]] sp. - 1 [[male symbol]], 2 [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] P. [[/underlined]] sp. blackish 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Mesochorus [[/underlined]] several species, some of which ^ [[insertion]] a small sp. [[/insertion]] were "assembling" in a sunbeam along bank of old road: larger species with much pale colour, several, [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]], taken in one spot near stream, which when flying looked like ghostly gnats. = [[underlined]] Sagaritis [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Bracon fraudator [[/underlined]] ? 2 [[2 male symbols]], 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Apanteles [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]] [[underlined]] Meteorus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Euphorus pallidipes [[/underlined]] ? 3 [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Blacus ruficornis [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] or ? [[underlined]] dentatus [[/underlined]] [[Ruthe?]] (scutellum [[image - acute angle]] at apex). [[arrow pointing to "Bracon fraudator" above]] [[underlined]] Earinus ochropes [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Alysia mandibulator [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] [[insertion]] [[arrow]] with curved terebra [[/insertion]] swept off steep bank below old road where sparse grass, seedling trees & much [[underlined]] Taraxacum [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Dacnusa "areolaris" [[/underlined]] only 1 [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] D. "gilvipes" [[/underlined]] 1 fine [[male symbol]]. [[arrow pointing to "Alysia mandibulator" above]] [[underlined]] Aspilota [[/underlined]] spp. P.T.O. [[arrow pointing right]]