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142. 26.9.48, cont. Kippure Ho., WI., cont. Meteorus deceptor or pallidus? Very large ♀︎, ant. 44. M. filator? 2♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Eubadizon extensor ♀︎: not mtd. Gnamptodon pumilio 2♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Tanycarpa ancilla ♂︎, ant. 24. Aspilota spp. 6 = A. surcularia m. 3♀︎♀︎, ant. all 16. A. fuscicornis 3♀︎♀︎, ant. 15, 15 & 16. Dacnusa laevipectus 7♀︎♀︎: not mtd. D. longiradialis 1♀︎: not mtd. Ephedrus brevis 26, mostly ♀︎♀︎: 7 mtd. of which 1♂︎, 3♀︎♀︎ are obviously brevis, but 3 smaller ♂︎♂︎ of a weaker form! Ant. all 11. Proctos - 8 & all Serphyds! None mtd. Chalcids 9: none mtd. Cynipids, abundant, about 12 in sucker: none mtd. Homopteron with yellow central spot on wings [[image]] = Moth: not mtd. 143. 29th Sept. 1948. A fine day, mild, with much hot sun & strong SW. wind, falling late in evening. Drove in afternoon to Lucan demesne to get shelter & swept for 1½ hours: home at 5.20 P.M. Lucan demesne (Sarsfield Estate Ltd.), Co. DU. Insects swept on flat by river where (& just below) road from gate meets path along river. 3.30-5.0 P.M. [30 mounted & these labelled 20.3.1953.] Sawfly. Athalia cordata ♂︎: not mtd. Cryptinids 12: including Pezomachus rufulus 3♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Hemiteles cf. gracilis 3♀︎♀︎ & Hemiteles spp.: none mtd. Pezomachus sp. ♂︎, ant. 21. Pimpla depositor ♀︎: not mtd. Polyblastus sp. ♀︎, ant. 26, red abd., black femora. Stenomacrus ventralis 1♂︎ only: not mtd. St. minutus Hlgr. ♀︎, ant. 18. St. near deletus ♂︎, ant. 26. Dyspetes praerogator ♀︎: 1st seen this year! Not mtd. Mesochorus? ♀︎, ant. 31 = Dolichochorus longiceps Strobl. fide J.F. Perkins, May 1953 & new to Britannic list! Colastes braconius 2♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Meteorus ictericus ♀︎, ant. 32. Blacus ruficornis 6 (♂︎ & ♀︎). B. filicornis m. ♀︎, ant. 17. Diospilus oleraceus 2♂︎♂︎: 1 mtd., ant. 26.