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169. 2.6.44, cont. L. Curra, ST., cont. Tried a little sweeping at base of cliffs at about 1900 to 1950 ft. but had no time for collecting inscts: here swept the following: Dolerus aeneus ♂︎ & several small (1/4 inch long!) sawfly larvae (? off rushes - Juncus effusus) Perilitus sp. n.? ♀︎, ant. 20; small; tergite 1 petiolate [[image]], sheath of terebra very broad, &c. ♀︎ = Perilitus borealis Thoms. AWS. 1952. Apanteles sp. ♀︎ ? sp. n. near collidus, but abd. black; larger; very nice! & Dacnusa lavipectus (radius sinuate) ♀︎, ant. 22. 3rd June 1944. A dull day, with occasional drizzle on hills & some gleams of sun; strong W. wind. Went out at 10.30 & swept in three places in Ballinacourty demesne as follows - till 2 P.M. 1 = by stream & round swampy pond 1/4 mile E. of ruins of B'c't'y Ho. in small stream valley. 2 = Amongst weeds round dump of chaff where last years corn thrashed in fields S.E. of ruins of B'c't'y Ho., & in lee of hedges between fields further east (on way back to hotel across fields). 170. 3.6.44. Ballinacourty, ST. Taken at 1. [13 mounted from 1 & these labelled on 13.12.1946!] Sawfly. Eriocampa oveta ♀︎. Cryptinids 9. Stenomacrus laricis ♂︎, ant. 26. St. clavicornis m. ♀︎; ant. 18. Promethes cognatus ♂︎ & P. pulchellus ♂︎; neither mtd. Cteniscus ♂︎: not mtd. Colastes braconius ♀︎: not mtd. Meteorus albitarsis ♀︎, ant. 46. Opius cf. irregularis ♂︎ & ♀︎: not mtd. O. caesus ♂︎: not mtd. Adelura cf. isabella, ant. 32. Tarycarpa ancilla? ♂︎, ant. 23 {not very typical. Phaenocarpa picinervis ♂︎& ♀︎: 1♂︎ mtd. ant. 31. Pentapleura pumilio 1♂︎, 3♀︎♀︎: none mtd. Orthostigma sp. ♂︎, large: not mtd. Aspilota jaculans ♀︎ long tail (alone mounted); ant. 21. A. spp. 20 others.