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70. 1.9.38 cont. Kippure Lodge, WI., cont. Opius caesus 1♀ at 1. O. irregularis 1♀ at 1. Aphaereta tenuicornis 1♂ at 1. Phaenocarpa tabida 1♀ at 1. Orthostigma basirufa at 1, 1♂ & 1♀ at 1, with 23 & 19 seg. ant. resp. Aspilota mammilata m.? A large ♂, 24-seg. ant. Freshly enclosed & therefore wings crumpled: at 1. A. sylvatica (small) or large rufata: 1♀ at 1: cf pair taken on 25/8/38. 19-seg. ant. A. sp.? ♂ of last sp. at 1, 22-seg. ant. A. curticauda = sciurella m. (a name which does not fit well) miki 2♀♀ at 1, with 21-seg. ant., red petiole, &c. Dacnusa merella? 1♂ at 2, just emerged D. diremta 1 fine ♂ at 2. D. cyclops 1♂ at 1 D. confinis?? ♂? at 1: immature ♂?, with pale stigma. D. maculipes at 1 Chaenusa conjungens 1♀ at 1. Proctos: 2 at 1 & 2 at 2 = 71. 4th Sept. 1938. A fine day, W. breeze, hardly any sun, mild: insects abundant in woods. Oak wood between Clara bridge & the Cronyburn: left car at top of wood. 1 = oakwood above road, where swept for half an hour before lunch 12.30 till 1.0 P.M. 2 = wood between road & river. Swept mostly on wet slope above river flat just E. of Osmunda glade & thence on flat to mouth of Cronyburn. 1.30 - 4.15 PM. Kept only 10 specimens from "1" & these so labelled & 66 from "2" but these merely labelled "Clara". A.W.S. 10/11/40. Clara, Co. WI. Bombus lucorum a few only on heather by road B. agrorum a few only on heather by road B. jonellus very fresh ♂♂ common on heather by road Colletes succinctus 1 (♀ or ♂?) seen on heather by road Vespa vulgaris [[juvenile symbol, juvenile symbol]] seen. Emphytus braccatus 2♂♂, one at 1, & one 100 yards below road on way to 2: the 2nd & 3rd Irish specimens. Both taken on oaks. Athalia spp. seen frequently in marshy spots.