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30.7.47, cont.  Castle Howard, WI., cont.

Taken at 2, cont.

Euphorus pallidistigma 1, not mtd.
Liophron muricatus Hal. ♀︎, ant. 30.
Opius analis Wesm. 2 rather small ♀︎♀︎, ant. 40 & 42; & also a ♂︎ with broken antennae, narrower tergite 1, &c., possibly this sp.
O. cingulatus: not mtd.  1
O. caesus 2 small ♂︎♂︎, with only faintly sculptured tergites 2 & 3; ant. 22 & 24.
O. cf. stenops m.? 1♀︎, ant. 23.
O. semiaciculatus Stelfox. ♀︎, ant. 24; also a very small ♂︎, ant. 22.
O. femoralis miki ♀︎, ant. 27: a lovely specimen!
Exothecid? "Exothecus" crenulatus miki ♂︎, ant. 34.
Pentapleura angustula 2♂︎♂︎: 1 mtd. has 23-seg. ant.
P. pumilio V. common; mostly small, with dark legs; but some larger with paler legs, as usual: none mtd.
Phaenocarpa picinervis & Ph. ruficeps  1♂︎ of each: neither mtd.
Chasmodon apterus ♂︎ in grass field outside railway: ant. 20.
Aspilota spp. 14 = 
A. denticulata S. & G. 1 rather small ♂︎, ant. 27.
A. denticulata m. 1♂︎, 1♀︎, both small, ant. 20 & 18.
A. maculipes Hal. ♂︎, ant. 18.
A. sp.? ♂︎, dark legs, large head, with dimple.
A. migrescens or minutissima var.? dark lets, dimple, rugose propodeum, &c. Ant. 20, 21, 21.  3 very small ♂︎♂︎.
A. cf. small sciurella? ♀︎, ant. 20.
A. cf. fuscescens?  small ♂︎, ant. 21.
A. cf. atra  1 very small ♂︎, ant. 26.
A. semirufa  1 beautiful ♂︎, ant. 18.
A. fuscicornis ♂︎, ant. 18.
A. cf. immitator? ♂︎, no dimple, dark legs, ant. 22.


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30.7.47, cont. Castle Howard, WI., cont.

Taken at 2, cont.

Dacnusa areolaris, longiradialis, aphanta, ? laevipectus all in grass field outside railway & probably mostly under bushes at south angle of field where cattle lie: none mtd.
"D. affinis 2" - 1 very red legs mtd., ♂︎, ant. 26. This ♂︎ has very stout deep reddish legs, stouter antennae, with perhaps one or two segments in them than real affinis, & so I call it rubripes sp. n. Type! A.W.S. 6.3.1951.
Oenone mandibularis 1 (?♂︎♀︎) - ant. 28, swept (? off oak) along railway not seen by me since several taken on oak in Deputy's Pass on 24.7.1929.
Aphidius spp. 4♀︎ near avena.
Trioxys cf. aceris Hal.? very large ♂︎, ant. 13.
Proctos. abundant, especially in grass field:  3 only mtd. = 
Chalcids equally abundant in same place, none mtd.
Cynipids 2: not mtd.
Golden-pubescent jumping weevil = 


1.8.1947

Phygadeuon sp. ♀︎, ant. 24 taken by E. O'Mahony at Clontarf, DU.
Hemiteles? sp. ♀︎, ant. 19, taken by me on window in Museum, Dublin.