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84. 21.7.48, cont. Portrane, DU., cont. Taken at 2, cont. Bracon anthracinus ♀︎: not mtd. B. concolor Thoms. ♂︎; ant. 27 = B. opacus Stelfox, 1953. Apanteles halidaii? 2♂︎♂︎. Sigalphus sp. 2♂︎♂︎, one (mtd.) with divided radial cell in right fore wing = probably S. caudatus, tergite 3 smooth, with rather pale legs; ant!. bitten! Perilitus sp. 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd; probably aethiops! Meteorus sp.? ♀︎, ant. 30, mainly red, tips fuscous; terebra 2/3 abdomen; tergite 1 without glymmae; eyes v. large; face v. narrowed below; wings small, somewhat fuscous; stigma pale at base & center only! Opius nitidulator, ♂︎ ant. bitten! ♂︎ amongst Atriplex portulacoides. Biosteres procerus 5, also amongst At. portulacoides ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎, ant. mostly bitten, 40 to 41 segmented. Dacnusa areolaris 1♀︎: not mtd. Coelinius viduus 1♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd. Aphidius spp. 3. Proctotrypes gravidator, small ♀︎. Other minute Proctos. 3 = Chalcids abundant: about 12 in sucker. Sawfly 1 = Pachynematus? ♂︎ Cynipid 1, almost wingless = Coccinellid = Hemipteron 1 = Mosquito = Station 2 continued on opposite page → Contents not kept separate! 85. 27.7.48, cont. Portrane, Co. DU., cont. Taken at 2, cont., but in a 3rd sucker; ± same area. Bethylus fuscicornis, small, brachypterous ♀︎. Dryinid: a minute ♂︎ = Cryptinid: Phygadenon sp. (See p. 83, antea) 1♀︎, about 15♂︎♂︎ in salt marsh Pimpla spuria ♀︎ in fallow field; ant. 32. Exochus cf. incidens Th. 2♂︎♂︎ on bank on W. edge of flat. One very large, ant. both +35 - bitten off; all coxae bright yellow! Porizonid 2♂︎♂︎ not mtd. Canidia sp. 2♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Bracon anthracinus: not mtd. Apanteles pallipes ♀︎. A. cf. zygaenarum? ♀︎. Sigalphus cf. caudatus ♂︎, not mtd. Diospilus capito ♀︎ ant. bitten; tergite 1 rather rugose? Biosteres procerus (♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎) 7, in salt marsh: see opp. page. Dacnusa nigro-pygmaea m. ♀︎, ant. 24. D. misella ♂︎, ant. 21. Coelinius elegans ♀︎, antennae mutilated. Chalcids. See opp. page! Little Blue Butterfly frequently seen along edge of fallow fields & also in dunes! 1.8.48. A large family (40) of Apanteles tetricus emerged from an irregular bunch of whitish cocoons sent me by W.K. Ellis who had found them attached to a grass stem near his house at Ballindrait, E. Donegal (near Lifford!) on 21.7.1948.