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144. 29.9.48, cont. Lucan, DU., cont. Opius irregularis 4♀︎♀︎ & O. caesus 2♀︎♀︎: none mtd. O. cingulatus ♀︎ not mtd. & 3 other specimens = O. exilis? 1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 26(♂︎) & 27 (♀︎♀︎). Adelura apii ♀︎: ant. 49. Phaenocarpa conspurcator ♀︎: not mtd. Aspilota cf. fulvicornis ♂︎, ant. 29. A. ruficornis 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 23 & 21. & 6 other specimens = A. surcularia ♀︎, ant. 16, A. cf. cynipidis ♀︎, ant. 18. A. lyra sp. n. Type & co-type! 2♀︎♀︎, ant both 20. - AWS. 9.12.1953! A. sp. 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 22 & 23, rugose propodeum, dimple, &c. Dacnusa pubescens 1♀︎, D. areolaris ♀︎, D. maculipes ♀︎. D. laevipectus ♂︎, 12♀︎♀︎. D. longiradialis 3♀︎♀︎. D. aphanta 1♀︎. D. elegantula 2♀︎♀︎. D. gilvipes 8 (♂︎ & ♀︎) & 7 other specimens: = D. credne? small ♂︎, ant. 32. D. turissa? ♀︎, ant. 24. D. discolor? ♀︎, ant. 23. D. aphanta? 1 small ♀︎, ant. 23. D. melanocera ♀︎, ant. 24. D. confinis ♀︎, ant. 23. Praon dorsalis 1♀︎, with testaceous abdomen: the only Aphidiid seen - destroyed after mounting! Proctos, abundant: about 2 dozen in sucker: 2 mtd. = Chalcids 12 in sucker: 1 Mymarid mtd. = Cynipids 2 not mtd. Beetle Pogonochoerus (smaller species). 145. 30th Sept. 1948. A Most glorious day after a misty early morning. Took day off as laying car up for winter & not paying tax for next quarter, & drove to Devil's Glen, WI., where arrived about noon and walked up to head of glen & had lunch in open at 12.40. After lunch swept till 4 P.M. in 3 areas as follows:- 1 = Upper part of glen & mainly above & just below the zigzag road 2 = Area around gate by ruined lodge (where the wood stops!) & chiefly in swampy places by tributary streams from north. 3 = side of avenue from 2 to foot of glen where car left. Butterflies seen during day:- Very many Speckled Woods, a very few Peacocks; one Red Admiral at lunch place flying towards the hills, i.e. SW-W.; one fresh Small Copper near same place. Bumble Bees seen:- Bombus agrorum very many ☿☿ at heather & Scabiosa succisa; B. lucorum 1♀︎, 1♂︎ & a few ☿☿, the latter at Erica cinerea near lunch place; B. jonellus 1☿ or ♂︎?, at Erica cinerea with last. Wasps. Vespa vulgaris ☿☿ frequent. [[marginalia]] Car refused to come home! Connexion to Mag. worn out & had to leave car at Kilpedder & come home by bus! Car subsequently towed home by FitzGerald! [[/marginalia]]