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66. 23.5.40, Cont. Glenasmole, DU. cont. Stenomacrus [[strikethrough]] echninophygus n. sp. [[/strikethrough]] ♀ = britteni Waterston. Further notes made on this ♀ when seting it on 25.5.40. Head & basal abd., &c. as in sketch made of type ♀ taken on 13.6.38, head noted to have pale (? membranous) [[image]]-shaped lines separating front from lateral ocelli. Basal abd. seg. [[strikethrough]] bees [[/strikethrough]] milk-bottle shaped, [[strikethrough]] with neck stouter than a bottle [[/strikethrough]] [[image]] [[captions]] Rather too long in proportion to 2nd seg. Pale greenish turgid membrane [[?Gastri]] obliquely placed 3rd-seg. very elongate Sharp keel to anus About 1 1/4 length of 3rd. [[/captions]] = Stenomacrus (neurateles) britteni Waterston fide J.F. Perkins. 67. 26th May 1940. Very damp & warm, with a few heavy showers, like thunder, in middle of a secondary depression. Strong S.E. wind with upper SW cloud drift. Dull till late afternoon when after a heavy squall with torrential rain sky cleared & sun came out. Drove to old bog road near Sally View a few miles N.W. of Ballivor & just over the Westmeath - Meath boundary, where have not been for some years. Insects very abundant, but strong wind made collecting difficult. All collecting done N. of old road across bog, "Ballyhealy", & most about birch & willow trees or beside streams draining small lake shown on map (1/2" Ord.!) 1 1/2 miles west of where I was. 12.30 noon till 4.0 P.M. Bombus lucorum ♀ & ☿ B. agrorum ♀♀ Halictus leucopus ♀ Myrmica ruginodis Formica fusca Anteon ♀ Vespa sylvestris ♀ The only Aculeates seen, but none looked for. 10 sawflies &c. labelled 20/11/42! 63 more mounted & labelled during March 1956. A.W.S.