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126. 13.10.46, cont. Royal Canal, Co. KD. Taken at 1, cont. Aphaereta tenuicornis ♂︎, large, ant. 25. Aspilota tumida ♂︎, ant. 18. Dacnusa pubescens 4♀︎♀︎: not mtd. D. laevipectus 1♀︎; & D. longiradialis 1♀︎: neither mtd. D. maculipes 1♀︎, rather pale legs, perhaps immature: not mtd. D. aphanta ♀︎: not mtd. Aphidius sp.? near eglanteriae ♂︎ & ♀︎, ant. 17/18 & 15, respectively. Proctos 6: none mtd. Chalcids 9 including 2 ♂︎♂︎ - 1 mtd. with large yellow palps of which one mounted = Halticoptera? sp.? Cynipids 1: not mtd. Taken at 2. [9 mounted from 2 & these labelled 3.2.1950.] Cryptinids 5, including Pezomachus rufulus? ♀︎: not mtd. Hemiteles sp. ♀︎, ant. 23 & Stilpnus gagates? 3♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Acrodactyla degener 1♀︎: not mtd. Stenomacrus ventralis 1♀︎: not mtd. Exochus cf. tibialis? 1(♀︎?), ant. 26 face black! 127. 13.10.46, cont. R. Canal, KD., cont. Taken at 2, cont. Aperileptus sp. ♂︎, ant. 21. Apanteles fulvipes group 1♀︎ - not mtd. Phaenocarpa ruficeps ♀︎: not mtd. Aspilota ruficornis ♂︎; ant. 24; very dark abdomen. A. fuscicornis ♀︎, ant. 17. A. (Synaldis) concolor? ♂︎, ant. 20. Dacnusa stramineipes A nice ♀︎, ant. 27. D. melanocea? ♀︎, ant. 25. Proctos 4: none mtd. Chalcids 2 of which one with yellow ornamented head mounted = 16.10.46. Blacus ♀︎ of humilis group hatched from Sparrows nest sent E.O'M. by Fox from Whitestown, Tallaght, Co. DU. 16th Oct. 1946. A dry dull day, mild, with east breeze in Dublin, but practically none in Glenasmole. In afternoon drove to Bohernabreena, where met J.P. Brunker, & left car: walked up west side of glen round upper reservoir & back to car. Swept a little here & there en route, chiefly along path beside lower reservoir: hymenoptera numerous but mainly Stenomacrus, Dacnusa & Proctos. [20 mounted & these labelled 3.2.1950.]