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79. 23.4.44, cont. Royal Canal, KD, cont. Taken at 3, cont. Alloea contracta ♂︎: not mtd. Aspilota fuscicornis 1 small ♂︎, ant 17. Dacnusa aphanta ♂︎ } none mtd. D. longiradialis 2♂︎♂︎ } none mtd. D. areolaris group, about 20, ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ } none mtd. Monoctonus caricis 11 (♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎): none mtd. Aphidius spp. 12, only 1♂︎ ant. 18, 1♀︎ ant. 16 mounted = Proctos 8: 1 small, brachypterous, mounted = Chalcid 1 } none mtd. Cynipids 3. } none mtd. Coleoptera 8 & 1 very queer little species kept & mounted = Sawflies 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎ = Pachynematus Bee: Andrena subopaca ♂︎ Small fly, orange body, ? Dipteron. 23.4.44. Taken by E. O'Mahony at St. Anne's, Clontarf, Co. DU. Pachynematus apicalis ♀︎ Meteorus melanostictus ♂︎, ant. 32. 80. 25th April 1944. A fine day with much hot sun & nearly cloudless sky: wind E. along coast - but W.-NW. inland, yet no jam formed. At 2 P.M., during hot sun-burst, ♂︎♂︎ of Sigalphus dancing round White Currant bush in back garden & one caught by hand appeared to be S. pallipes, but subsequently lost. By the time I got a sucker the sun was obscured, a cold wind blew strongly, & all had disappeared. At 5.30 p.m. there was no sign of any in garden. 26th April 1944. Entirely cloudless, with intense sun after heavy dew (almost frost at night); wind at Dollymount strong & E., wind at Clareville Rd., less strong & NW., but no jam. Went by bus to Dollymount & arrived at St. Anne's about 10.30 & stayed till nearly 5 P.M. Swept in 4 areas as follows: 1 = along the Chestnut Walk, in fields E. of same & around lake. 2 = up glen & around pleasure grounds between that & the swamp & along sides of main avenue, &c. 3 = in swamp above glen. 4 = along Chestnut Walk, &c., same as station 1 but after 4 p.m. & very little out.