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131. 30.5.43, cont. Royal Canal, KD., cont. Taken at 4, cont Dacnusa aphanta, melanocera, elegantula, pubescens, areolaris group, examined. D. postica 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 28 in one, the other broken. D. talaris 1♂︎, ant. 31. D. senilis 1 large ♀︎, ant. 33. D. [[strikethrough]] ? sp. n. areolaris group [[/strikethrough]] with widened head, & well-marked sternauli = D. confinis Ruthe, with exaggerated head; ant. 24-seg. D. cf. mamertes Nixon?? ♂︎, ant. 31, tergite 2 with many hairs, &c. D. melanocera ♂︎, ant. 27. Aphidius spp. 9 exx. Proctos. 15, including Disogmus 2♂︎♂︎ & 3 others mounted Chalcids Cynipids. 132. 30.5.43, cont. Rye Water & Royal Canal, Co. KD. cont. (Seen or taken at 1, 2, 3 or 4: coleoptera mostly at 3 or 4.) Bombus lucorum, muscorum & agrorum ♀︎♀︎ seen, no ☿☿! Psithyrus rupestris 1♀︎ at 1 Ps. campestris dark ♀︎ at 1. Ps. distinctus ♀︎ at 3. Pemphredon sp. on Salix at 1, either shuckardi or lethifer! Odynerus trifasciatus ♂︎ at 4 on bramble between poplar stump & gate. Bethylus fuscicornis along edge of canal at 3. Anteon? ♂︎ Ophion cf. brevigena J.F.P. MS. ♀︎ (at 1 or 2), ant. 63. Tenthredo "arcuatus" ♀︎ (at 1 or 2) Coleoptera: Barypithes pellucidus: two taken inside wall at 4, at same place where one taken last year. Dasytes aerosus Kies: a slender, long,, but small (1/3 inch) beetle, with shaggy hair, black, but? where taken: only records given by Johnson & Halbert are Santry, DU., Maynooth, KD., & Kenmare, SK. Donacia linearis (= simplex) fide E O'M. Green, red-tipped clytra = Malachius bipustulatus! E.O'M. Coccinella variabilis: chess-board variety! E.O'M. Sunius angustata at 3! E.O'M.