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174. 28.5.42, Afternoon. Edge of wood on S. of The Little Hill, Old Head, Co. WM. [13 insects mounted & these labelled 1.3.44! AWS.] Anteon brevicornis ? ♀︎, pale stigma Aphelopus melaleucus? 1♂︎ Tomostethus abdominalis ♀︎. Pteronidea oligospila green ♀︎, 2 ♂︎♂︎ Cryptinids 7, including Atractodes tenebricosus ♂︎, Leptopygus aereus? ♀︎. None mounted! Stenomacrus laricis ♀︎, ant. 28. Homocidus ornatus 1♀︎: not mounted. H. tarsatorius 1♀︎, ant. 23. H. nigritarsis 1♂︎: not mounted. Exochus pictus 1 (♀︎?), ant. 28. Campoplegids: Dioctes exareolatus 3♀︎♀︎: not mounted. Bracon scutellatus ♀︎, very nice, ant. 21. Apanteles pallipes ♀︎. Microgaster globatus ♀︎: not mounted. Aspilota sp.? 1♀︎: sp. between cynipidis & viatica. AWS. 1.3.44! Oenone hians clear wings: not mounted. Dacnusa areolaris several ♀︎♀︎. D. lestes Nixon? 1♀︎ ant. 22. 175. 28.5.42, Aft. cont. Old Head, Co. WM., cont. Coelinius sp? 1♂︎ by roadside near gate (see p.171). ? sp. n. Smooth face, very long 51-seg. ant., large eyes, smallish head, &c. Aphidius avenae? ♂︎ & ♀︎, latter with red tail. Proctos 3. Cynipid 1. 29th May 1942. A very fine day with a few light showers, one of which wet Douaghtry just before we arrived, but we missed all the other. Westerly wind. Rode on bikes to Douaghtry arriving there about 1 o'clock & left for home at 6 P.M. reaching hotel at 7.35. Douaghtry, Co. WM. Spent some time examining Hudson's station for Cephalanthera ensifolia which grows all over the rocky ridge immediately west of where the road [[strikethrough]] where this [[/strikethrough]] runs down to the sands. On the steep N-NE face of this ridge the remnant of a woodland flora still survives including Oak (2 to 4 ft. high), holly, Salix cinerea, birch
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