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15. 20.8.44, cont. Athdown, WI., cont. Taken at 2, cont. [[strikethrough]] Porizon [[/strikethrough]] sp.? 4♀︎♀︎, ant. 28, 29, 30, & 30. [[strikethrough]] Leptopygus harpurus [[/strikethrough]] 7 (♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎): 1♂︎, 1♀︎ mtd. ant. 33 & 27. Canidia sp. ♂︎: not. mtd. Bracon cf. epitriptus 1♀︎ (damaged): not mtd. Rogas 2♂︎♂︎ = R. nigricornis 1 small ♂︎, ant. 43. R. "nicriceps W." ♀︎, ant. 40. Apanteles fulvipes group 2♂︎: not mtd. Sigalphus candatus ♀︎ (& ? 1♂︎): not mtd. Macrocentrus infirmus 3♂︎♂︎: ant. 35, 35 & 36. Centistes lucidator ♀︎, ant. 24. Diospilus capito? 12♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: 1♂︎, 1♀︎ mtd., ant. both 23. Opius spp. 18 as follows - O. [[?mustelella]] miki 1♂︎, 7♀︎♀︎ cf. type ♀︎ from Old Hd. WM, 31.8.41 = O. saevus Hol. & Marshall's statement that the terebra is hidden is erroneous: on the contrary it equals 1/3 abdomen at least as stated by Haliday! A.W.S. Dec. 1947 O. brevis miki ♂︎, very small, ant. only 21. O. lugens Hal. 2 small ♂︎ (1 injured), ant. 21 & 22; mouth closed! O. semiaciculatus ♀︎, ant. 24, mesonotum rather damaged! O. communis miki 1♀︎, ant. 23. O. cf. levis Wesm. 1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, very small, ant. ♂︎ 22, ♀︎ 21 or broken. O. cf. tacitus Hal. 2♀︎♀︎, small, ant. 24 & 25. 16. 20.8.44, cont. Athdown, WI., cont. Taken at 2, cont. Aspilota spp. 16 = A. maculipes ♂︎, ant. 19. A. minutissima? 1 small ♀︎, ant. 16. A. sp. near tenella 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 16 & 17. A. nigrescens 1♂︎, ant. 22, 3♀︎♀︎, ant. all 17. A. sp. near nigrescens 1♂︎, ant. 21, 2nd cubital cell narrow, &c. A. cf. [[strikethrough]] immitator [[/strikethrough]] or rubripes? 1 minute ♀︎, ant. 14; head widened behind the eyes. A. tumida 1 nice ♀︎, ant. 18. A. (Synaldis) parvicornis 4♀︎♀︎, ant. 14, 14, 15 & 15. Dacnusa areolaris group. 5♀︎♀︎ only. D. affinis 1♂︎, ant. 23 & 2♀︎♀︎; D. elegantula 1♀︎, ant. 27 & 14 other examples of which eleven mounted. = D. ebenina miki = acco Nixon: 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 23 & 24: mesonotum all hairy. D. leptogaster Hal. 4♂︎♂︎, dark, ant. 29, 31, 31 & 32. D. temula 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 28 & 29. D. laevifossa miki, ant. 29, ♂︎(?) = calliope Nixon. D. sp.? (cf. ovalis group) ♂︎(?), ant. 28 = D. sp. near aphanta? ♂︎(?) ant. 27 = D. (Pachysema) = nigro-pygmaea Stelfox MS. 2♂︎♂︎, sent to Nixon on 5.10.1953 & ref. to in his letter of 21.10.53! See also ♂︎ taken at Athdown, (1)30.8.44, p.27 -> - Ret. by Nixon Feb. 1954.
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Unable to verify Opius mustellella