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373. 22.9.43, cont. Insects collected by sweeping rushes, &c., by stream at foot of gully on N. face of Galtymore, at 1000-1200 ft. 12 noon. Co. ST. [[11 mounted & these labelled on 4.2.1946.] Dipteron 1 = Tephretis sp.? Pimpla brevicornis ♀︎: not mtd. Homocidus obscuripes ♀︎: not mtd. Promethes sulcator, a huge ♀︎, ant. 25, the largest I have ever seen. Dioctes exareolatus? 1♀︎: not mtd. Sigalphus caudata ♀︎, ant. 20. Phaenocarpa conspurcator 1 small ♀︎, ant. 24. Dacnusa areolaris 1♂︎, 1♀︎; not mtd. D. cyclops 1♀︎, ant. 22. D. elegantula 1♀︎, ant. 26. D. affinis? 1♀︎ reddish abd. & basal 1/2 of 22-seg. ant., yet not immature! Monoctonus caricis ♂︎ not mtd. Ehedrus validus ♀︎, ant. 11 Proctos. 3: all mtd. = Chalcids 2 } none mtd. Cynipids 1. } none mtd. 374. 22.9.43, cont. Insects collected by sweeping Scirpus & juncus on S. & E. sides of Lough Diheen, at about 1900 ft. (fide Ord. 1/2" map!) Co. ST. 130 - 2.0 P.M. [27 mounted & these labelled on 4.2.1946.] Dipteron (under stones on cliff at 2,000 ft.) = Phaeogenes sp.? ♂︎, ant. 27. Phygadeuon? sp. ♀︎, not mtd. Stenomacrus ventralis ♂︎: not mtd. St. cf. vafer 2♀︎♀︎; ant. 20 & 21. Plectiscid ♂︎ = Gen. et sp.? granulated abd., ant. 29. Apanteles pallipes ♀︎ (?) Sigalphus caudatus ♀︎, ant. 20. Opius caesus 1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎; very small, ant. 24, 23 & 20. Aspilota 5 = A. nigrescens ♂︎, ant. 22. A. immitator m.: 2 very small ♀︎♀︎, ant. 15 & 14. A. (Synaldis) parvicornis Th. A very small black ♀︎, ant. 15. A. (S.) sp. ♀︎, ant. 17. Dacnusa affinis 2♀︎♀︎ (1 mounted) ant. 22 D. cyclops 1♀︎, ant. 23. D. maculipes ♀︎, ant. 22. D. (Gyrocampa) uliginosa ♀︎, ant. 24. Proctos. 12 (5♀︎♀︎ Serphids taken in first sweep: 2 others (of which mounted) of another sp. later) = Chalcids. 16 - abundant! none mounted. Beetles 8. Aphodius lapponum (2) very small (fide E.O'M.!) Also took 2 beetles (a Bembid & a large broad Pterosticus-like chap under stones on cliff at 2,000 ft.; and under stones of cairn on Galtymore, alt. 3,018 ft. & on ST-LK boundary, took 3 beetles =