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64. 23rd May 1940 - 8 till 9 P.M. Drove to Glenasmole & went up to top of upper reservoir, where a chilly E wind & very few hymenoptera out except sawflies & ichs: no Braconids at all. A few taken beside reservoir on way back, but most insects taken on way down up. dam & under trees between that & S. end of the ford & the latter place & the footbridge; all the above = 1. A few taken under trees between footbridge & Moore's house = 2. Ephedrus lacertosus & 4 Cryptenes alone kept from 2 Glenasmole, Co. DU. 8-9 P.M. 16 mounted & these labelled 19/11/42! AWS. Euura 1 ♀, small sp. E. 2 ♀♀, larger sp. Promethes Homocidus cinctus 1 ♂, H. tarsatorius √ 1 ♀ at 1 H. obscuripes at 1 & 2. 65. 23.5.1940, cont. Glenasmole, DU. cont. Stenomacus echninipygus = britteni Waterston n. sp. ♀, same as that taken in Glenasmole on 13.6.1938: this ♀ was I believe swept under bushes or tress on way down upper dam & at W. end of same, where much Cotoneaster fugida, &c is planted. P.T.O. -> S. ventralis frequent at 1 & 2, ♀♀ only. Myriarthrus or Megastylus? ♂ Rhogas nigricornis 1 ♀, with crumpled wings at 1. 49-seg. ant. Meteorus 1 (not mounted). Euphorus picipes? several at 1: one ♂ mounted 19-seg. antennae. Eubadizon extensor? 1 ♂, small, with 39-seg. ant. & entirely blackish fuscous thorax, yet no doubt this sp. Aspilota daemon ♂. Dacnusa (see below) 3 taken at S. end of ford beside inlet from "filters": see 15/5/40, p.53 ante. D. semirugosa ♀♂ } Presumably the 3 referred to just above. D. glabricollis miki 2 ♀♀. } Presumably the 3 referred to just above. D. lateralis? 1 ♂, with 39-seg. ant. Ephedrus lacertosus ♂ & ♀ at 2.