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254. 2.5.48, cont. Athdown, Co. W., cont. Insects taken at 2. [26 mounted from 2 & these labelled on 7.9.1951] Dryinid 1♂︎ = [Xyela julii ♀︎ swept by Graham off birch] Cratichneum 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Leptocryptus sp. ♀︎, ant. 28. Hemiteles bicolorinus group ♀︎, ant. 22 = Phygadeuon ♂︎: not mtd. Pimpla brevicornis? 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 20, latter only mounted; same as ♂︎ at 1! P. brevicornis punctiventris 7♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎; some ♂︎♂︎ with all pale & some with dark front legs: 1♂︎, 1♀︎ mtd., ant. both 20. P .detrita group ♂︎, ant. 20, right wings torn off Glypta cf. pictipes ♂︎, ant. 36; hind tibiae maculated! Homocidis tarsatorius ♂︎; ant. 21 Stenomacrus ventralis 1 typically pale ♀︎. Not mtd. St. ridibundris? ♀︎, ant. 22; abdomen only partially compressed! Paniscus latungula? ant. 43. { Campoplegids 19: 3♀︎♀︎ only mtd. = { Aperileptus obliquus Th. ♂︎, ant. 22. { Aspilota 3 = A fuscicornis 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 17 & 18. A. (Synaldis) temporalis? ♀︎, ant. 17; head widened, legs darkish. 255. 2.5.48, cont. Athdown, Co. WI., cont. Taken at 2, cont. Dacnusa lestes Nix.? ♂︎, with sternauli! Ant. 23. D. longiradialis ♂︎: not mtd. [D. aphanta ♂︎ taken by Graham!] Ephedrus brevis 4: 2♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎; antennal segs. 10 & 11 +/- joined. Monoctonus nervosa? ♀︎; ant. 13. M. caricis? ♂︎, teneral, not mtd. Proctos. 1 = Chalcids 5. 1 mounted with thickened mid tibiae, which have two black spots on apex = Cynipids 2: not mtd. [Small beetle in sucker very stiff & possibly in this sucker since last year.] Nevertheless labelled "Athdown"!!! = 3rd May 1948. Cold & dull with much rain during evening & night of 3rd-4th. 4th May 1948. Milder, with much sun, but misty rain & strong W. wind in evening. Swifts arrived & Swans hatched in nest above Portobello Bridge! At 7 P.M. 2 Swifts flying over back garden & near nesting site in roof of back return of No. 8 Clareville Rd. Quite silent!