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164.) 17/6/37 cont. Kinnegoe district, Co. AR., cont [[underlined]] Pentapleura pumilio [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Aspilota nigrescens [[/underlined]] miki 1 [[male symbol]] only. [[underlined]] Dacnusa areolaris [[/underlined]] abundant. [[underlined]] D. maculipes [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] D. aphanta [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]], common. [[underlined]] D. cyclops [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Chorebus lymphatus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] (? swept on very margin of lough) {[[underlined]] Gyrocampa affinis [[/underlined]] ? rare, 1 or 2 only: Very doubtful & none kept. AWS. 26.2.38) [[underlined]] G. uliginosa [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] abundant (5 kept); also 1 large [[female symbol]], with striata 2nd seg. & dark wings. [[underlined]] Chaenusa conjungens [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]], but only 1 [[female symbol]]: rather large. [[underlined]] Ephedrus [[/underlined]] spp. very common; but kept only 2 [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] & 2 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]], as follows:- = [[underlined]] E. plagiator [[/underlined]] 2 [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] E. pulchellus [[/underlined]] n. sp. 2 [[female symbol]] [[female symbol]] with very short antennae, segs. 10 & 11 of which seem partly fused, & 2nd cubital cell very short (2nd abscissa of radius shorter than intercubitus, as in [[underlined]] Pentapleura! [[/underlined]]) - Types of sp. n. described by A.W.S. in Proc. R.I.A. '941. [[underlined]] Praon volucre [[/underlined]] ? 2 [[male symbol]] [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Aphidius [[/underlined]] sp. 1 [[male symbol]] Procto. 1 small [[male symbol]], large stigma. [[end page]] [[start page]] 165.) 20th June 1937. A fine day, but not much sun & not very warm, except during sun bursts & in shelter: cool breeze N. to E. strong in places: many insects in shelter, few in open. Drove to Hill of Down, Co. ME., via main road to Mullingar, then NW to Raharney, Co. WH. & home via Ballivor & Trim. Collected under trees along roadsides at Mount [[?Harvey]] & by canal N.W. end of Ballasport Bridge, Hill of Down, Co. ME.; next under trees by roadside & in marsh E. of road at Riversdale, 2 miles SE of Raharney, Co. WH.; & finally on left bank of R. Boyne above Newtown Bridge, 1 mile below Trim, Co. ME. 20.6.37 cont. 11.30 till 12.30 noon. Roadside, under trees at Mount [[?Harvey]] (= 1) & canal bank at N.W. end of Ballasport Bridge, (= 2), west of Hill of Down station, Co. M.E. [[underlined]] Crabro vagus [[/underlined]] 1 fresh [[female symbol]] swept at 2. Dryinid: 1 small [[male symbol]] = [[underlined]] Bethylus fuscicornis [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Tenthredopsis nassata [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] at 2. [[underlined]] Tomostethus lateiventris [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] at 2. Cryptid. 1 red [[male symbol]], red & black legs. [[underlined]] Pezomachus [[/underlined]] 1 small wingless [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] P. [[/underlined]] sp. 1 winged [[male symbol]]