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94. 11.8.48, cont. Ridge N. of Ballymorefin [[Ballymorefinn]] Hill, Co. DU. ca. 1,500 ft. Alt. [18 mounted & these labelled 26.1.1953.] Swept off Calluna, Erica, &c.&c. Ick. ♀︎, red, black & white abd. = Microcryptus? ant. 31. Mesoleius sp. ♂︎, ant. 39. Olesicampa cf. cavigena Th.? ♂︎, ant. 38. Pezomachus sp. ant. 20, ♂︎, wingless, small & slender. Bracon osculator ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ amongst Calluna (in flower) &c. in abundance, 25♂︎, 11♀︎♀︎ in sucker from two "sweeps"; most of the ♂︎♂︎ very tiny & referable to var. degenerator Marshall. 3♂︎♂︎, 3♀︎♀︎ mounted, with antennae 18 (very small ex.!), 20 & 21-seg. in ♂︎♂︎; all 19-seg. in ♀︎♀︎. Apanteles cf. fulvipes? ♂︎ Diospilus capito: 2♂︎♂︎ - 1 mtd.; 1 very small & 2 larger ♀︎♀︎. ♂︎ ant. 23; small ♀︎ 21; large ♀︎♀︎ 23 & 24-segmented. Procto. 1: not mtd. Chalcids 3: not mtd. Beetles 2 (1 small Staph. = Oxytelus tetracarinatus Block, fide H.W. Daltry, & 1 minute testaceous specimen = Atomaria pusilla Payk. fide H.W.D. Dipteron 1. Sent to Graham Jan. 1953. 11.8.48. Taken in back garden or motor house, 14 Clareville Rd., Harold's Cross, Dublin. Hemiteles areator group ♀︎, ant. 22; in motor house. Cynipid ♂︎ = 95. 15th August 1948. A poor windy day with frequent drizzle & some heavy showers: nearly a gale from SW. Drove, with Graham Connah (14), a boy from Bromborough, Cheshire, to "Dun Aillinne" S. of Kilcullin, Co. KD., then over the hill marked "Old Kilcullin", where had lunch at 1 PM. near the round tower. Later drove on through Dunlavin to Hollywood Glen, where tried sweeping along roadside at extreme N. end of the glen, for an hour, while Daisy & Graham Connah, went to see the stone circle known as "The Pipers' Stones" & here took the following insects:- 3.30 till 4.30 PM. Roadside at N. end of Hollywood Glen Co. WI. [55 mounted & these labelled 27.1.1953.] Leptocryptus claviger 1♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd. Hemiteles cf. gracilis ♀︎. Phygadeuon? sp. ♂︎, ant. 22. H. sp. ♂︎, ant. 21. Pezomachus sp. 1 minute ♀︎, ant. 17. Pezomachus? sp. 2 winged ♂︎♂︎, ant. 23 & bitten off. Promethes cognatus ♂︎, not mtd. Stenomacrus intermedius ♀︎, ant. 29. Homocidus longiventris ♂︎, ant. 21. Cteniscus sp. 2♂︎♂︎ ant. 26 & 27. Polyblastus sp. ♂︎ red abd., black femora, ant. 28.