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74 22.7.48, cont. Buckroney Marsh, WI., cont. Taken at 4, cont. Meloboris sp. red hind coxae, 5♀︎♀︎: none mtd. M. black coxae ♂︎, ant. 37. Campoplegid ♀︎ = Angitia? sp. ♀︎, ant.24. Bracon fulvipes ♂︎ & ♀︎, not mtd. B. fuscicoxis 2♂︎♂︎; not mtd. B. communis m. 1 large ♀︎; ant. 29. Apanteles cf. fulvipes 2 not mtd. & 3 others = A. infimus ♂︎ & ♀︎: A. cf. viminetorum? ♂︎ Chelonus atripes Thoms. ♂︎, ant. 19. Fide M.W.R de V.G. 1951. & C. cf. secutor ♀︎, ant. 22. Diospilus capito? 2♀︎♀︎, - small, very smooth petiole! Ant. both 22. Macrocentrus abdominalis ♀︎; ant. 45. Oprus cf. tacitus? ♂︎ & ♀︎; ant. 27(?) in ♂︎ ; 29 in ♀︎. O. longicaudatus m. ♂︎, ant. 31, very nice specimen! [No Alysiids whatever, other then Dacnusids!] Dacnusa areolaris 1♀︎ only; ant. 20. D. coracina (1) sp. n. 2♀︎♀︎ (type & paratype!), ant. both 23; terebra nearly as long as abdomen, strongly upcurved; &c. AWS. 9.1.52. D. (2) sp. ? ♀︎ near last but ant. 25, smaller, radial cell shorter, &c. D. (3)) sp. cf. ovalis group ♀︎ ant. 26, abd. pointed, not at all like sp. above! Also ? same sp., another ♀︎, ant. 27 put in box with ovalis till No.3 returned from Nixon. [[marginalia]] Nos. in circles refer to letters to Nixon of 12.1.1953, and his reply dated 15.1.1953. [[/marginalia]] D. curtipalpis Nixon 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 30 & 31. D. striatula ♀︎, ant. 28. D. obesa m. (4) ♀︎, ant. 27. D. raissa small ♀︎, ant only 28. 75. 22.7.48, cont. Buckrony marsh, W1, cont. Taken at 4, cont. D. (Gyrocampa) esbelta frequent, ♂︎ & ♀︎ mtd, ant. both 32. D. polita-nigra m. 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 25 & 26, also a larger ♂︎, ant. 30, = miodes Nixon 1949! D. siniffa ♀︎, ant. 27. Coelinius sp.? ♀︎; ant. 47. Ephedrus validus 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Aphidius spp. 3 = Aphidius cf. avenae ♀︎, ant. 18; & also probable ♂︎ of same sp. ant. 20 A. sp. ant. 16. no trans-cubitus. Proctos. 2 : 1 minute, testaceous, black club to ant. & black spot on arse = Ceraphron nigriceps Thoms. fide Nixon (5) in lett. to AWS, dated 15.1.1953. Chalcids. 5: none mtd. 25th July 1948. A very warm day, soft & sticky, with almost a gale from S-SE. till sunset. Drove in afternoon to Landenstown, Grand Canal, Co. Kildare, arriving 3.15 PM. Swept in three areas, but wind very bad & Hymenoptera hiding. 1 = Plantation & cultivated field behind, S. of same. 3.30-4.0 P.M. 2 = Glyceria filled drain running N. of above field. 4.0-4.45 P.M. 3 = S. edge of canal & parallel drain between canal & road, N. of station 1. 5.30-6.30 P.M. Left for home 6.40 - home about 7.40 P.M.