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66. 18.7.48, cont. R. Canal, KD., cont. Taken at 3, cont. Aspilota spp. - 5 others mounted: see below! including A. fuscicornis 2♂︎♂︎, not mtd. A. crassifemur 1♂︎, ant. 26. A. sp. (near fuscescens?), ♂︎, ant. 23. A. cf. fuscicornis small ♂︎, ant. 16. A. cf. semirufa ♂︎, ant. 17. A. (Synaldis) sp. ♂︎, ant. 23. Dacnusa areolaris ♂︎ & ♀︎ about a dozen: none mtd. D. pubescens? 1 small ♂︎: not mtd. D. elegantula 1♀︎ not mtd. D. bellina ♂︎: not mtd. D. (L.) discolor 5♀︎♀︎; ant. 22(1) & 23(4). D. asramenes Nixon ♀︎, dark var., ant. 33. Ephedrus lacertosus ♂︎ Praon volucre ♂︎. Aphidius pseudoplatani ♀︎, yellow, swept off Sycamore! Ant. 16 A. spp. 6: 1♂︎ only mtd. Sp.?, ant. 18 Proctos 13 } none mtd.! Chalcids 13 } none mtd.! Cynipids 2 } none mtd.! [Odynerus pictus ♀︎ tried nesting in steering pillar of car while I was collecting at 2 & 3!] Earwig (Labia minor ♀︎) 67. 20th July 1948. After two fine days, an approaching depression made dull afternoon, with rain later. Drove Desmond Meikle - on holidays from the Herbarium, Kew, - to Brittas, Co. Dublin to see & get plants of Viola lutea on moraine [[strikethrough]] just [[/strikethrough]] 1/2 mile E. of the pub at Brittas; later returned over the old Mt. Seskin road to Jobstown & so home. 3 P.M. till 5.30 P.M. [5 mounted & these labelled 20.1.53.] Collected a few insects along Mt. Seskin road on both sides of the summit, ca. 900 ft. alt. & here took:- Pimpla melanaria? ♂︎, black knees; ant. 30. Stenomacrus laricis ♀︎, probably off young conifers in small plantation - not mtd. Bassus annulipes ♀︎: not mtd. Homocidus nigritarsis ♂︎: not mtd. Apanteles sp. near pallipes? ♂︎♂︎ common; 1 mtd., has fuscous marked legs A. falcatus ♀︎. Pentapleura pumilio 1 large ♂︎, pale legs, ant. 27. Dacnusa areolaris 1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎ (one ♀︎ very small, dark legs) - none mtd. D. elegantula 1♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd. Dipteron = Chilosia cf. illustrata ♀︎.