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181. 17.8.40, cont. Landenstown, KD. cont. Mesoleid, red, dull (matt) abdomen at 1 = Mesoleid at 2 = Polyblastus varitarsus? ♀︎ carrying "larvae" at 2. P. cf. arcuatus? ♀︎ at 2 Mesochorus, very small ♀︎, ant. 26, at 2 = M. Bracon obscurator (Nees) Marshall, but cf. B. marshalli (Szepl.) of Telenga, as tibiae pale at base. Oncophanes lanceolator? 1 small ♂︎ at 2, ant. 22 Rhogas circumscriptus var nigricips Wesm.? ♂︎ at 2 Microgaster tibialis ♂︎ at 1, ♀︎ at 2. Sigalphus?? floricola ♂︎ at 2. Perilitus sp. a tiny ♂︎, with 18-seg. ant. & a ♀︎, larger, ca. 21-seg. ant. both at 1. Euphorus similis? 1 at 2. Meteorus cinctellus? 2♀︎♀︎ at 2. Macrocentrus abdominalis 2 small ♀︎ (1 dark at 1, 1 reddish at 2). Opius truncatus 1 fine ♀︎ at 2. O. pactus Hal. 1♂︎, 1♀︎ at 2: lab. 17.3.41. O. sp. like balteatus but with distinct, narrow, rugose sternauli; ant. 26, ♂︎ at 2 {placed near pactus! O. communis miki? ♀︎ at 2, with 25-seg. ant. & very orbicular abdomen. Biosteres procerus 1 at 2. B. rusticus 1 at 2. Adelura flaviventris ♀︎ at 1 Aspilota (Synaldis) distracta? A fine ♀︎ at 2, with 19-seg. ant.: lab. 17.3.41. A. (S) parvicornis ♀︎ at 1, ant. 16. A. sp. near fuscicornis, but rugose propodeum. ♀︎ at 2, ant. 17. A. rubripes? 2 very small ♂︎♂︎ at 2, ant. 17. A. sp.? ♂︎ at 2, like tumida in neuration but with dimple, ant. 19, very small ex. Dacnusa "grossa" 1 fine ♀︎ at 2, 29-seg. ant. labelled 17.3.41. D. sp. near melanocera ♂︎ at 1. D. cyclops ♂︎ & ♀︎ at 2, ant. 27 in both. D. curtipalpis? ♀︎ at 1, ant. 32. D. elegantula ♀︎ at 1, ant. 26. 182. 17.8.40, cont. Landenstown, KD., cont. Dacnusa cytherea ♂︎ at 1, black ant. 31-seg.; ♀︎ at 2, with reddish, 33-seg. ant. (damaged) D. evadne ♀︎ at 1 & ? another (damaged) ♀︎ at 2. Coelinius niger 7♂︎♂︎ & 2♀︎♀︎ at 2. C. sp. Sligo? 7♂︎♂︎ at 2. {Both in barley field Aphidius cf almi? ♀︎ at 1. Proctos. 1 at 1, 2 at 2 = 17.8.40. Taken by A.M. Gwynn at Athdown, Co. WI. Absyrtus luteus ♀︎, Exochus notatus ♂︎ & Biosteres wesmaëlii ♂︎. 18th Aug. 1940. A hot, moist, day; falling glass, with SW-NW jam & rain blowing in the wind but not wetting the vegetation in shelter, occasionally amounting to a misty shower - occasionally clearing with intense hot sun & steam. Spent day between Ashford & Rathdrum, but too hot & damp for serious collecting: blackberries ripe. Collected for nearly an hour in oak wood at Ahowle (S.W. of Ashford & Devil's Glen) = 1; & under lee of beech shelter-belt just E. of Cronyburn main entrance = 3; then back to Garryduff X roads & past "Stump of the Castle" where swept a little along roadside & in scrub, had tea & home via Rathdrum = 2. [12 insects from 1 mounted, 7 from 2 & 19 from 3 & these labelled 25 (et seq.) 4.1943. AWS.]