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163. 1.6.44, Evening. Ponds & swamp in Ballinacourty woods behind Castlereagh House ruins & W. edge of field in front of latter. 2 = Ponds (as in stations 1 & 2 on 28.5.44!) 8.30 - 9.0 P.M. Very windy & none of the good Dacnusae about. 3 = Swamp behind Castlereagh Ho. (really an extension of the second (eastern) pond at 2) & W. side of field in front of same down to road. 9.0 - 9.30 P.M. Taken at 2 & labelled B'c't'y. (2) 1.6.44. [27 mounted from 2 & these labelled on 10.12.1946!] Sawfly. Tomostothus abdominalis ♀︎ Cryptinids 7 - all mounted! including a ♂︎ & ♀︎ Pezomachus cf. rufulus taken in same "sweep", ant. 22 ♂︎, 20 ♀︎. Hemiteles sp. ♀︎, ant. 25. Hem.? sp.? ♂︎, ant. 23. Phygadeuonid ♂︎ black femora, ant. 21. Phygadeuonid ♂︎, red femora, ant. 28. Stenomacrus sp. near confinis ♀︎, ant. 24; very stout, matt-rugose tergite 1 Zootrephus suspiciosus ♂︎ & ♀︎, ant. 21 & 20. Bracon 3♂︎♂︎ = B. fulvipes a typical ♂︎, ant. 39; also a dark ♂︎ with also 39-seg. ant. probably same species, but several minor differences! B. sp. near nigratus ♂︎, ant. 33; but tergite 4 smooth, &c. 164. 1.6.44, cont. Ballinacourty, ST. cont. Taken at 2, cont. Apanteles cf. triangulator or fraternus: dark wings, &c. 1♂︎, 3♀︎♀︎. Opius irregularis ♂︎, ant. 24. Aspilota sp.? ♀︎, near cynipidis but dark, slenderer, 19-seg. ant. Dacnusa laevipectus? ♀︎, ant. 23, sinuate radius D. affinis? ♂︎, ant. 25. Var. nigriscaposa or sp. n.? AWS. 31.12.1946. D. siniffa ♀︎, ant. 28. Aphidius sp.? ♂︎, pale abd., ant. 18. Proctos. 2. Chalcid 1. Donacia & many small beetles swept off Eleocharis, &c. Given to E. O'Mahony.