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221. 17.7.43, cont. Royal Canal, KD. cont. Taken at 5, cont. Mesochorus 1♂︎: not mtd. Helictes 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Gen. et sp.? Same as taken at 1, See p. 212 antea: ♂︎, ant. 28 = Colastes splendida miki 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 32 & broken at 29th seg. Rhogas irregularis 2 large ♀︎♀︎: one mtd. has 53-seg. antennae. Apanteles fulvipes group 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Sigalphus ♂︎, thick pale legs: not mtd. Euphorus orchesiae 1: not mtd. Perilitus aethiops?? ♀︎, very small: not mtd. Meteorus ictericus M. ♀︎, ant. 32 Blacus ruficornis ♂︎, ant. 21. B. cf. humilis? ♂︎, ant. 19. Diospilus oleraceus ♀︎, ant. 25. Pentapleura pumilio 4♂︎♂︎, paler legs than those at 3! Not mtd. P. fuliginosa a very nice ♀︎: ant. 24. Aphaereta major 3 small ♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Phaenocarpa ruficeps 9♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Aspilota spp. 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎ = A. tumida: a very fine ♂︎, ant. 20; A. cf. altifrons or excavatus miki ♀︎, ant. 18; A. viatica group?? ♂︎, ant. 22, with scarcely a trace of a dimple. 222. 17.7.43, cont. R. Canal, KD. cont. Taken at 5, cont. Dacnusa areolaris group. 2♂︎♂︎, 5♀︎♀︎ in sucker: none mtd. D. rufimarginata sp. n. ♀︎, like raissa group; ant only 26; head huge, &c. See Nixon's letter dated 14.1.1947. Type ♀︎ AWS. 17.1.1947. D. leptogaster ♂︎, ant. 33; rather large & with darkish wings! D. gilvipes ♂︎: not mtd. Aphidius spp. 13, mostly like avenae Hal.: none mtd. Proctos. 5: only one mtd. Chalcids 5: 1 mtd. Cynipids 2: none mtd. [Red Admiral Butterfly: 1 seen by Daisy on outward journey from Dublin: ? near The Green Hills!] 21.7.43. Rubbish-heap in M.S. Dudley Westropp's garden at Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin. 6 P.M. Platylabus irridipennis: small ♀︎, ant. 32. Phaeogenes sp.? ♂︎, ant. 21. Phygadeuon sp. 7♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎, mtd. on same card. Atractodes sp. ♂︎, ant. 21.