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221. 22.9.40, cont. L. Dan, W1, cont. Mesoleius 1♀︎. Cteniscus 1♂︎. Stenomacrus ventralis ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎, abundant on oak. St. vafer? ♂︎, 20-21-seg. ant. St. cubiceps? ♀︎, 23-seg. ant. St. deletus? ♀︎ with areolet, 23-seg. ant. St. laricis? 2♀︎♀︎, red ant., 27-seg. ant. (in one, other broken). Campoplegids: about 6 but kept only one = Anilasta varicoxa Th.? 1♀︎, 32-seg. ant. Dicolus 1♂︎ Rhogas circumscriptus? 1♂︎, 39-seg. ant. Meteorus leviventris 1♀︎. Blacus trivialis 1♀︎. Eubadizon extensor 1♀︎ not kept. Alloea contracta ♀︎. Aspilota atra? a small ♂︎, ant. 25-seg. A. viatica? 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 21-seg. A. vulgaris? large, ♂︎ & ♀︎, ant. 23 & 19. A. ? same as last, v. small ♀︎, ant. 17-seg. long Dacnusa sp. near ovalis? 1♀︎, 29-seg. ant., red 2nd tergite, &c. swept along roadside about 1/2 mile N. of Ballinrush on way down valley. Same as ♀︎ from Clara, WI, 4.9.38! AWS. & Glenasmole p.226 -> D. cytherea 1♂︎, ant. 30-seg. D. areolaris several on way back: 1♀︎, 20-seg. ant. kept, darkish legs. Aphidius 1♂︎: not kept. Proctos, most abundant & nearly all on oaks. 20 kept = Cryptoserphus laricis 3♂︎♂︎ Phaenoserphus viator Hal. 2♀︎♀︎. Ph. calcar 1♂︎. Ph. pallipes 1♂︎. Exallonyx brevicornis Hal. ♀︎. Ex. ater 2♀︎♀︎. Ex. microcerus 3♀︎♀︎. These Phenoserphids identified with Nixon's tables 7/1/1942 AWS. & so labelled. 222. 22.9.40, cont. L. Dan, WI. Oxylabis? 3♀︎♀︎. Galesus 1♂︎ & 3 other Proctos. 24th Sept. 1940. A cold day, but mild in shelter & warm in sunny intervals, after rain at night: afternoon spoiled by shower at 3 p.m., just as we reached head of reservoir: almost sunless after this shower with cold NW wind blowing up valley. At 6 p.m. a jam which had formed towards Dublin reached Bohernabreena & we drove home on flooded roads & through heavy rain. Later drove to Amiens St. to meet Daisy & George, the latter just out of Lisburn Fern hospital where he had been shut up with scarlateria for five weeks. Glenasmole, Co. DU (with E. O'Mahony) 3.0 till 6.0 P.M.