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262. 9.5.48, cont. (2) Landenstown, Co. KD. [20 insects mounted & these labelled on 2.9.1951.] Sawflies. Dolerus bimaculatus, very dark ♂︎, by road W. of plantation. Pontania 3. Blennocampa tenuicornis ♀︎. Cryptinids 9. Including Hemeteles cf. gracilis 4 small ♂︎♂︎ 1♂︎ only mtd. = Leptocryptus sp. ♂︎, ant. 25. Pimpla alternans var. kolthoffi 2♂︎♂︎ {the smaller with decidedly clavate 24-seg. antennae & shorter apical segments; the larger with only 22-seg. antennae, more filiform & with longer ante-apical segments.} Exochus of. pictus 1♀︎, small & dark ant. 29. Homocidus pulcher & obscuripes 1♂︎ each: not mtd. Zootrephus suspiciosus? ♂︎, ant. 21; red-banded abdomen. Campoplegids 2 (1♂︎, 1♀︎): none mtd. Bracon cf. hispiterga ♀︎, large, ant. 28, otherwise agrees well! Microplitis xanthopus ♀︎. Apanteles cf callidus ♂︎. Aphaereta major ♂︎, ant. 26. Aspilota (Synaldis) parvicorsis ♂︎. Dacnusa laevipectus, 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: 1♂︎, 1♀︎ mtd. ant. 24 & 21 respect. D. aphanta 1, not mtd. D. affinis ♂︎ not mtd. D. siniffa ♂︎ not mtd. D. (G) uliginosa √ 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 27 & 24. D. maculipes ♂︎, ant. 22. Monoctonus caricis 1: not mtd. Aphidius spp. ♂︎, not mtd. 2 Beetles, 1 small, red head & red thorax (probably beaten off beech!) = Daene humeralis F. (= bipustulata Thunb.) fide E. O'Mahony & new to the Irish List. Also 1 .... 263. 12th May 1948. A very fine day, nearly all sunny, after a chilly wet day; wind light, southerly. Co. DU. [13 mounted & these labelled 6.10.1951.] In afternoon drove with Marcus Graham to Ballymackaily [[Ballymakaily]] Bridge & walked up Grand Canal to Gollierstown Bridge. Collected by sweeping edge of canal on way; 1st & 2nd quarry SW of Gollierstown Bridge; & that NW. of bridge; & small Glyceria-filled pond N. of wall near last. 3 till 4.30 PM. Bombus derhamellus, lucorum, lapidarius & agrorum seen. Cryptinids 6♂︎♂︎ (3 Hemiteles & 3 Atractodes!): 1 only mounted = Hemiteles sp. ♂︎, ant. 19, blackish legs. Stenomacrus curvicaudatus ♀︎, ant. 25. Lathroplex infernalis 2♀︎♀︎ taken by M.W.R. de V. Graham. Bracon hispiterga 2♂︎♂︎ ant. 32-33. Sigalphus cf. caudatus ♂︎, ant. 21, tergite 3 smooth. Perilitus secalis (Hal.) Th. ♀︎ ant 22. Blacus ruficornis ♀︎: not mtd. Opuis pendulus ♂︎, ant. 19. Alloea contracta ♂︎: not mtd. Pentaphleura pumilio ♂︎ & ♀︎: not mtd. Aspilota nigrescens ♂︎, not mtd. A. dentifemur ♀︎ ant. 19.} A. (S.) parvicornis ♂︎, not mtd. Dacnusa areolaris? 2♂︎♂︎. Gyrocampa uliginosa √ 5♂︎♂︎; 1♀︎; 1♂︎, 1♀︎ mounted, ant. 27 & 25. Gyrocampa striola m. ♀︎, ant. 21, very nice specimen! Chorebidea lymphatus large ♂︎, ant. 26. Chaenusa conjungens 1♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd. Monoctonus caricis ♂︎ not mtd. Aphidius spp. 7: none mtd. Proctos. 3: none mtd. Beetle (jumper) = [First Crabro varius ♂︎♂︎ seen in garden, 14 Claresville Rd., Dublin at 1 P.M.]