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287. 15.7.44, cont. Clondalkin, DU., cont. Taken at 2, cont. Microplitis mediana? ♂︎. Sigalphus pallipes? ♂︎, ant. 22. Opius exilis Hal. 4♀︎♀︎, ant. 26 (1) - 27 (3). Pentapleura pumilio 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd. Aspilota spp. 5, including A. semicompressa 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 15 & 16, very nice! A. nigrescens: a very nice ♀︎, ant. 18. A. fuscicornis: a minute ♂︎, ant 16. Dacnusa areolaris, laevipectus v. tibialis, longiradialis & maculipes; D. aphanta {of these only a minute, dark-legged ♂︎ mtd. (mutilated in sucker!) with maculipes-like stigma, but scarcely a trace of sternaul, cf. areolaris. D. (Liposcia) discolor ♀︎, ant. 24. D. misella 1 very nice ♀︎, ant. 22. Coelinius ♀︎ Chaenon anceps ♂︎, ant. 61. Praon volucre ♀︎. Aphidius spp. about 15. 288. 15.7.44, cont. Clondalkin, DU., cont. Taken at 2, cont. Proctos 10: none mtd. Chalcids 2: 1, prettily marked & coloured, mtd. = Stenomacrus rufescens? ♂︎. Cynipids 2: not mtd. Dipteron = Oxycera formosa? ♀︎. A ♀︎ Microplitus medianus? black var. taken in garden, 14 Clareville Rd., Harold's Cross, Dublin, on 16.7.1944! A.W.S. 19th July 1944. A very fine day & all sunny along coast; where the usual fine weather onshore (SE-E) wind. Went by 11 AM. bus to Rogerstown & walked on to W. end of Rush sandhills - now partially destroyed by golfers & other nature haters. Collected from noon till 1 P.M. & again from 1.30 till 3.30 P.M. & ret. by bus leaving Skerries at 4.20 (at Rogerstown at 4.40!). 1 = Sandhills & hollows for 100 yards inland about 1/4 mile E. of pier at Rogerstown. 12 noon till 1 P.M. 2 = Sandhills & hollows over rather wider area & just E. of station 1. 1.30 till 3.30 P.M. All Hymenoptera very rare!