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163. 15.7.45, cont. Ballinascorney, Co. DU., cont. Aspilota spp. 28, including A. pulvinata 1♀︎♀, ant. 16 (?) A. crassifemur 2♀︎♀︎ (ant. 23 & 25); 1 small ♂︎ (ant. 23). A. minutissima 1♀︎, ant. 17 dark legs. A. tumida 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 20. A. sp. near atra but smaller, 1♂︎ (ant. 24), 1♀︎, ant. 22. A. rubripes 2♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 16, 16, 14, 16. A. cf. nigrescens?? 3♂︎♂︎, ant. 21, 22 & 22. A. fuscicornis 3♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 17 ♂︎♂︎, 16 ♂︎♂︎. A. immitator ♀︎, ant. 14. A. surcularia 2 nice ♀︎♀︎, ant. 15 & 16. A.(Synaldis) cf. levis ♀︎, ant. 15. Orthostigma spp.? 2♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 23, 23, 21 & 24. Dacnusa diremta 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 32 & 27; very red abdomen. D. elegantula 1♂︎ ant. 33 D. areolaris group 8 or 9 including several with sternauli & one with very much widened head, this last = D. dryas Nixon 1948 ♀︎, ant. 23. D. maculipes 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 22, 23 & 22. Aphidius avenae 3♀︎♀︎, ? 1♂︎: not mtd. A. spp. 3: 1♀︎, small, ant. 16, mounted = Proctos. 12, including the following 2 (only) mounted: = Exallonyx longicornis ♂︎ & Chalcids 9: none mtd. Beetles : given to E. O'Mahony. Dip. = 164. 18th July 1945. After a wet early morning no rain till 7 p.m., but dull & threatening, with strong S.E. wind all day. Barometer down & depression approaching. Damp & mild. In afternoon rode (alone) to Furry glen, Phoenix Park & collected for 3 hours in four places as follows: - all between glen & Knockmaroon Gate! 1= About spring-head near boundary wall W. of avenue below pond in Furry glen, as usual. 2= In bed of glen, in swamp & by stream just below 1. 3= Under tree along boundary wall, W. of 1. 4= Under birch grove N. of avenue & opposite 3. Phoenix Park, Co. DU. Taken at 1. [14 mounted from 1 & these labelled on 8.11.1948.] Spilomena troglodytes ♀︎ √ Sawfly 1 = Trichiocampus cf ulmi? ♀︎. Dicaelotus pumilio? 1♀︎: not mtd. Ichneumon latrator group 1♂︎: not mtd. Cryptinids 10: only 1 mtd. = Pezomachus sp. ♂︎, ant. 26, wingless