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281. 24.8.47. cont. Rye Water, KD. Taken at 2. Only about 2 dozen insects taken here & except for the following (which I mounted!) none of importance. Colpognatus celerator ♂︎ ant. 31. Homocidus signatus ♂︎, ant. 22. Meteorus abdominator? ♂︎, ant. 28; small! Dacnusa elegantula ♀︎, ant. 27. 24.8.47 cont. Royal Canal, Co. KD. = 3 [18 mounted from 3 & these labelled on 12.4.51.] Longhorn Beetle: Pogonochoerus bidentatus? (smaller species). Cryptinids 9: none mtd. Pimpla pomorum ♂︎, ant. 20. Glypta ceratites 2♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Cteniscid ♂︎, ant. 27 = Bassus annulatus 2♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Promethes cognatus & pulchellus, ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎: none mtd. Agrypon sp. ♂︎, ant. broken! Dioctes exareolatus ♀︎: not mtd. 282. 24.8.47, cont. R. Canal, KD., cont. Taken at 3 cont. Campoplegid: large, black ♀︎, ant. 28 = Eulimneria xanthostoma Grav. A.W.S. 12.4.1951. Apanteles sp. near pallipes ♀︎, but mesonotum strongly punctured & darkened legs. Blacus ruficornis ♀︎: the first Blacus seen in 1947! Not mtd. Biosteres procerus ♀︎: not mtd. Opius stenops m. ♀︎, ant. 24. O. exilis? ♀︎, ant. 24. Pentapleura pumilio 4 (♂︎ & ♀︎): not mtd. P. angustula 1♀︎: not mtd. Alloea contracta 1 fully winged ♀︎: not mtd. Phaenocarpa ruficeps ♂︎: not mtd. Aspilota tumida 1 very nice ♂︎, ant. 20. A. cf. divisa S. & G. ant. bitten off. A. sp. n.? ♀︎, rugose propodeum, dimple, short 18-seg. ant. A. sp. n.? ♀︎, smooth, carinated prop., dimgle, long 22-seg. ant. Dacnusa areolaris group only 4! Not mtd. D. melanocera, 1, large: not mtd. D. elegantula 1: not mtd. D. (Agonia) adducta ♂︎, ant. 30: fine specimen Praon dorsalis? 1 fine ♀︎, ant. 20. Ephedrus validus 1♀︎, small, ant. 11. E. plagiator? 2♂︎♂︎ Trioxys cirsii Curt. ♀︎ (= aceris Hal.) Monoctonus nervosus? ♂︎: not mtd.