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60 19.5.40, cont. Raheen & George's Br., WI., cont. Dacnusa lestes ♂ at G.B.2. Dacnusa postica ♂ at R. D. evadne 2 ♂♂ at G.B.1. D. semirugosa ♂ at R., with 37-seg. ant. D. sp. near timula ♂ at G.B.S., with 26-seg. ant. & faint sternauli. D. cytherea? 1 small ♀ at G.B.1., with 28-seg. ant. & practically red hind femora. D. n. sp. near fallax 3 beautiful ♂♂ at G.B.1., with 35 & 36-seg. ant. = glabricollis. D. glabricollis sp. n. 2 ♀♀ at G.B.1., with 29 & 30-seg. ant., belongs to senilis group, but ovipositor not projecting, propleura glabrous &c. Type & paratype! D. sp. near lateralis 1 at G.B.1. D. affinis v. granulata ♂, large, at G.B.1. D. melanocera? 1 ♂ at G.B.1., with 28-seg. ant. D. sp. near last but 35-seg. ant. 1 ♂ at G.B.1. Toxares deltiger 4 ♂♂ - 3 kept, at G.B.1.; 1 ♀ at R., 1 ♂ at G.B.2 Ephedrus plagiator ♂ at G.B.1. E. lacertosus ♂ at G.B.1. Aphidius cf. nigripes miki sp. ♂ with dark legs & 19-seg. ant. at G.B.2. Proctos. &c. Only kept 1 ♀ at G.B.1 = Three ichneumon given me by Dr. A.A. Lisney as "bred 1940" but whether at Shankill, Co. Dublin or Leicester, England I am not at the moment sure! (A.W.S. 18/11/42, when labelled!) - Ichneumon deliratorius ♂ & Agrypon sp. ♂ & ♀ 61. 20.5.1940. Six ♂♂ of Aphidius ribis? hatched out of stung Aphides collected in garden, 14 Clareville Rd., DU. on White Current leaves a few days previously. 21.5.1940. Received a large consignment of hymenoptera (unset) from R.C. Faris: some from neighbourhood of Boyle, Co. RO., collected in Dn. F.C. long excursion at Whit 11th-13th May: others from 3 localities in Co. CV. as follows:- All later swept off or under Birch. (1) Farnman, CV. coll. between 8 & 9 P.M. 16th May. (2) Nahillah Park, Cloverhill, 3 till 6.30 P.M. 18th May. (3) Gartinardress, 3.30 till 5.30, 19th May. 1. Farnham, Co. CV. 16th May 1940, 8 till 9 P.M. Adelognathus ♂, near brevicornis?, ant. 14-seg. Biosteres wesmaëlii ♀, immature wings. B. procerus ♂, also with immature wings. Dacnusa postica, a huge, dark, ♀: antennae broken. Coelinius elegans ♀, ant. 28-seg. Ephedrus brevis ♀. Proctos. 2 = Disogmus 2 ♂♂.