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149. 24th July,1940. A very fine day, with low & falling barometer, but nearly all sunny & the only showers did not come till 5 P.M., wind strong & westerly, but glen sheltered. Devils Glen, Co. WI. 11:30 A.M. till 5.45 P.M. 1 = sides of road of glen from lower to middle lodge (in ruins): i.e. left bank of river. 2 = island & right bank of river a couple of hundred yards below fall: much mint, &c. 3 = swamps above & below road by tributary stream just above middle lodge gateway: left bank. 4 = roadsides on way down glen, mostly in upper 1/2 mile (i.e. below mid lodge), left bank. 5 = under trees, &c., below entrance to glen (lower lodge) & near "garden" plot: left bank. [31 mounted from 1, 28 from 2, 5 from 3, 21 from 4, & from 5 & these labelled 26.1.43 et seq. A.W.S] Bombus lucorum ♂♂ & ☿️☿️ B. agrorum ☿️☿️. Psithyrus (probably distinctus) ♂♂ seen Vespa spp. (? vulgaris, sylvestris & norvegica) Myrmica ruginodis 1 winged ♀ swept. Crabro styrius 1 ♀ at 4, close to ruined middle lodge. Anteon sp. 4 ♂♂ - one each at 2, 3, 4 & 5. 150. 24.7.40, cont. Devil's Glen; WI, cont. Ichneumonina. ♂♂ very abundant everywhere, but mostly ignored:- Amblyteles, Ichneumon & Cratichneumon. Very few Ichneumonidae kept. Sawflies. Selandria serva, Athalia spp. & one small black sp. (at 5) only seen: last = Fenusella pygmaea ♀ = Profenusa pygramea! √ R.B. Benson 11.3.43. Amblyteles palliatorius 1 ♂, first of season, at 1. Very few Cryptids & none kept, except 2 ♀♀ Hemiteles ♀ at 1, red punctured abd., dark wings, ant. 27. H. bicolorinus group ♀, very brightly coloured, at 4. Pimpla turionellae group ♂♂ frequent: not kept P. quadridentata 1 ♂ at 2. P. depositor 1 ♀ on willow at 4. Polysphincta varipes ♂ at 3. Lissonota 3 ♂♂, 2 or 3 sp. at 1, 4 & 5. = L. deversor? 2 ♂♂ at 1 & 5 & L. variabilis? 1 ♂ at 4.