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9. 27.9.42 (1) cont. Slade Brook, Co. DU. cont. Apanteles fulvipes? ♀︎. Dacnusa laevipectus? 2♀︎♀︎, others seen. D. affinis? var. with tergite 2 aciculate at base in centre, ♂︎ Proctos, 2 1♂︎ & 1♀︎ = Exallonyx longicornis ♂︎ & ♀︎. Hemipteron 27.9.42 (2) Flat at head of Upper reservoir, Glenasmole, Co. DU. [16 mounted from 2 & these labelled 15.12.1944 on my 61st birthday! AWS.] Atractodes tenebricosus? 1♂︎ Other Cryptinids 3, only one mounted = Hemiteles ♀︎ ant. 19. Pimpla vesicaria? ♂︎, ant. 19. Colpomeria quadrisculpta ♀︎, 25-seg. ant. Bassus annulatus 2♀︎♀︎. Homocidus pectoratorius 1 very large ♀︎ H. nigritarsis ♂︎ Nemeritis?? 3♂︎♂︎, one mounted, ant. 25. Helictes ♂︎, ant. 29 10. 27.9.42 (2) cont. Glenasmole, DU., cont. Meteorus abdominator ♂︎, ant. 28. Macrocentrus n. sp. Lyle 1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 35, 30 & 31 respectively. Opius caesus ♂︎ Dacnusa elegantula ♀︎. D. diremta ♀︎, ant. 27. D. areolaris? 2♀︎♀︎. D. sp. near eros 2♂︎♂︎, but ant. only 33 & 34. D. sp. near affinis (1♂︎ ?), ant. 24, but radius not evenly curved, head more quadrate, &c. Chaenusa conjungens 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎. Ametria uliginosa ♀︎. Aphidius 1♂︎. Proctos. 7: 2 mounted = Exallonyx longicornis ♂︎ & 6th Oct. 1942. A lovely sunny day. Daisy saw a single Bombus agrorum on the lavender bush in back garden, & also one a few days earlier, at 14 Clareville Rd. DU.