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291. 3.9.47, cont. Brittas Ponds, Co. DU., cont. Taken at 1. [25 mounted from 1 & these labelled on 20.4.1951.] Cryptinids 13 & I think all ♂︎♂︎: none mtd. Promethes sulcator 1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, & P. dorsalis 1♂︎: none mtd. Bassus annulatus 1♂︎ - not mtd. & B. deletus Thoms. ♂︎, ant. 19. Homocidus obscurpipes ♂︎ - not mtd. & H. pallipes √ 1♂︎, ant. 23. Cteniscus aurifluus 2 large ♂︎♂︎ - not mtd. Stenomacrus ventralis: highly coloured ♂︎: first seen this autumn. Henicospilus ramidulus? ♀︎, ant. 56. Opius irregularis 3: not mtd. O. caesus 5: not mtd. O. levis W.? 3♂︎♂︎ (ant. 21, 22 & 22); 1♀︎ (dark legs, ant. 20). O. stenops m. 2♂︎♂︎, ant. both 23. O. exilis Hal. small ♀︎, ant. 24. Pentapleura pumilio about 2 doz. & nearly all ♀︎♀︎: none mtd. Adelura flaviventris ♂︎, ant. 30. Aspilota cf. tenella m. a minute ♂︎, ant. 20, with dimple! A. cf. fraudatrix m. ♀︎, ant. 15. A. cf. fuscicornis 1 minute ♂︎, ant. 17, tergite 1 very slender! Dacnusa areolaris group, including 1♂︎ pubescens, only 10. D. evadne Nixon ♂︎, ant. 30. Very nice specimen! D. melanocera? ♂︎, ant. 27. 292. 3.9.47, cont. Brittas Ponds, DU., cont. Taken at 1, cont. Dacnusa (Gyrocampa) uliginosa 7 (♂︎ & ♀︎): none mtd. D. (G.) affinis 1♂︎ - not mtd. & D. (G.) siniffa 1♂︎, ant. 27. D. (G.) esbelta 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. D. (G.) semiscabra m. ♂︎, ant. 27. Coelinius diversipes m.? 2♂︎♂︎, ant. both 38. Chaenusa conjungens 9 (♂︎ & ♀︎): none mtd. Praon abjectum 2: not mtd. Aphidius spp. 17: 4 mounted = A. cf. eglanteriae Hal. ♀︎, ant. 15. A. dauci Marsh. 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 16 16 & 13 (♀︎). Proctos 9: 1 mounted = Exallonyx parvulus? ♂︎ Chalcid 1 : not mtd. Cynipids 4: not mtd. 3.9.47. Clouded Yellow Butterfly seen on roadside just above "The Embankment" at 3.30 P.M.