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208. 6.6.42, cont. Woods, Old Head, WM., cont. Macrocentrus ♂︎ & ♀︎ Opius 9 = O. cf. pallipes - or aemulus var? 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 29. O. communis 3♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 24-25-seg: a very nice series! O. funebris?? 2♂︎♂︎, one larger, ant. 22, one very small, ant. only 20, both with tergite 1 apparently quite smooth. Aphaereta major 1 fine ♀︎. Phaenocarpa conspurcator ♂︎: not mounted. Aspilota 2♂︎♂︎ (badly mounted) = A. sp.? ant. 2, with dimple & A. picticornis?, ant. 20, or possibly A. clara. Dacnusa adducta (2), D. aphanta, D. areolaris, D. longiradialis: none mounted. D. [[strikethrough]] alua [[[/strikethrough]] merella group: 1 magnificent ♂︎, with 38-seg. ant. Dyscritus planiceps 1 lovely ♀︎, nearly all yellow, ant. 26. Aphidius 8: none mounted. 209. 6.6.42, cont. Woods, Old Head, WM., cont. Proctos. 6: 2 only mounted = Exallonyx microcerus ♀︎ & red sp. with knife-like abdomen. Cynipids 5: one only mounted; sp. with pallid neuration = 7th June 1942. A cool day with strong NW wind & a few slight showers. Driven by Alex Wallace to Douaghtry from where the three of us went up W. face of Mweelrea to the summit via several small & almost barren cliffs; had lunch just on S. side of summit in perfect shelter overlooking the more southern tarn & corrie; collected a few beetles (? 2 species) by the cairn; wind very strong on summit & mist boiled up over us, but not before we had had perfect views over Killary & the Twelve Bens; after lunch recrossed summit & went down N. slope to col between Mweelrea & summit N.E. of same & spent some time at cliffs just S. of col & facing NE., but few plants of interest; next crossed W. face of Mweelrea to ridge