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121. 23.5.44, cont. L. Curra, ST., cont. Apanteles ♀︎ of fulvipes group. Pentapleura pumilio ♀︎, ant. 18; dark-maculated legs. Aspilota nigrescens ♀︎, ant. 18. Dacnusa pubescens ♂︎, ant. 25. Dacnusa cf. laevipectus? 1 very large ♀︎, ant. 24. D. cf. areolaris? (smaller sp.) 4♀︎♀︎: 1♀︎ mtd., ant. 22, terebra distinctly projecting! Aphidius sp. ♂︎: ant. 18, dark legs. Proctos 2. Mtd. Chalcids 1. Mtd. Cynipid 1. Mtd. Coleoptera 5: given to E.O'M. Diptera 3 spp. including Stratiomyid & brachypterous long legged common black fly of the mountains (which latter occurred in thousands, with a Scatophega (?).) 23.5.44. Took ♀︎ of Hemiteles bicolorinus group on window in Aherlow Hotel = Hemiteles cingulator? 122. 24th May 1944. A fine day with much hot sun & cloudy intervals, but very strong SW wind, cool, & falling glass. Set insects till 12 noon, then collected along roadside & in field in front of ruins of Castlereagh Ho. just E. of hotel, till 1 P.M. = 1. In afternoon collected along roadside at foot of hill on Tipperary road, just above Newtown (= 2) & in Ballinacourty woods along old road, &c. just above (N. of) station 2 = 3. Saw very few Aculeates - a couple of green wasps & a few ♀︎ Bombus agrorum, a very worn ♂︎ Andrena albicans & a ♂︎ A. lapponica? & a Nomada. 24.5.44 (1) On roadside & in field in front of ruins of Castlereagh House, Aherlow,, ST. [11 insects mounted & these labelled [Aherlow Co. ST. AWS. (1) 24.5.44] 7.11.1946!] Nomada "ruficornis" ♀︎ Tenthredo livida ♂︎ Ichneumon? ♀︎, small, red 23-seg. ant., reddish abd. Cryptinids 9: none mtd.