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325. 13.9.43, AM. Old road to Tipperary & scrub on hillside above Newtown & E. of Ballinacourty C. ST. = (1) 13.9.43 [39 mounted & these labelled 15.8.1946!] 3 Clouded Yellows seen during walk. 1 Meadow Brown seen, which seems very late. Bombus agrorum, muscorum ♂︎♂︎ at 800 ft., lapidarius ♂︎♀︎ with muscorum, lucorum ♂︎♂︎♀︎, 1☿ & 1 fresh ♀︎ seen. Psithyrus distinctus faded ♂︎. Salius exaltatus ♀︎ on road near Newtown. Crabro varius ♀︎ } during very hot sunburst on oaks by road above Newtown. C. clavipes ♂︎ & ♀︎ } during very hot sunburst on oaks by road above Newtown. Myrmica ruginodis? ♂︎♂︎ in clouds at 800 ft. Formica fusca ☿☿ everywhere. Ichneumon? small ♀︎. Barichneumon albicinctus ♀︎, ant. 26. Ctenichneumon castigator ♂︎, ant. 45, on Angelica flower above Newtown. Platylabus phaleratus ♀︎, ant. 40, Hal. a beautiful ♀︎ taken on Salix cinerea bush along old road. Phaeogenes sp.? ♀︎, ant. 24 Diadromus?? sp.? ♀︎ red abd., ant. 26. Cryptinids 9 including Pezomachus ♀︎, small blackish sp.; ant. 19. Phygadeuon? brachypterous ♀︎, with long terebra = Obisiphaga stenoptera Marshall ♀︎, ant. 20. AWS 15.1.1946. Sawfly: Dolerus aeneus ♀︎ 2nd brood: very late. 326. 13.9.43 AM, cont. Aherlow, ST. cont. Leptocryptus ♀︎. L. ♂︎. Habrocryptus minutorius ♀︎, ant. 27. Pimpla instigator ♀︎ seen, small var. intermedia taken } not mounted. P. turionellae group ♂︎♂︎, black coxae = Polysphincta tuberosa Grav. ♀︎, ant. 26. Dyspetes praerogator ♀︎: not mtd. Polyblastus cf. grammicus? ♀︎ carrying young, ant. 31, mounted on its back. Mesoleius sp. near furax Hlgr. small ♀︎ coloured like next sp.; ant. 29. Homocidus pectoratius 2♂︎♂︎. H. pallipes ♀︎. None mtd. "Tryphon" brachyacanthus: not mtd. Triclistus golbulipes 1, ant. 24. Stenomacrus ventralis? ♂︎, not mtd. St. cf. vafer? ♂︎ & ♀︎ ant. both 21 Campoplegid 1♂︎: not mtd. Dicolus sp. ♂︎? pleura black; ant. 33. Aperileptus ♂︎ & ♀︎: not mtd. Bracon obscurator ♀︎, ant. 19, swept off Bog Myrtle at 800 ft. Colastes braconius 2♀︎♀︎. Zele geminator 1 lovely ♀︎, ant. 48. Macrocentrus marginator ♂︎, ant. 46. Alloea contracta ♀︎, ant. 21. Aspilota spp. 8 = A. cf. viatica: small ♀︎, ant. 21, smooth propodum. A. vulgaris m.? 2♀︎♀︎, short 17-18-seg. ant., rugose propodeum, too large for minutissima, I think, but propodeum would fit this better than vulgaris. A. clara m. 1♂︎ (ant. 20), 1♀︎ (ant. 19). A. fuscicornis Hal. 2♀︎♀︎, ant. both 16; one rather dark! A. (Synaldis) cf. levis? ♂︎, ant. 24-seg., very long: Continued at foot of next p. ->