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206. 8.5.49. cont. Clara, WI., cont. Taken at 2, cont. Bracon ♀︎, very small Colastes braconius Apanteles fulvipes group 2♂︎♂︎. Microctonus ♂︎, ant. 22. Perilitus sp. ♀︎ (Graham). Orthostigma sp. ♂︎, ant. 24 Oenone hians 1, ant. 35. Dacnusa semirugosus 2♂︎♂︎ (1 Graham); ant. 35. Aphidius spp. 9: 1 mtd. = Aphidius cf. renominatus ♀︎, ant. 17; small. -in spite of small size & 17-seg. antennae! Cuckoo heard. 11th May 1949. A most perfect day & the third in succession. Entirely sunny with gentle W. wind in forenoon & gentle E. after 12 noon. Went by bus, alone, to N. Bull, arriving there about 11 AM. Collected by sweeping in three areas, as follows:- 1 = Salt marsh from base as far as wire fence along golf links. 2 = Salt marsh beyond end of wire fence. 3 = Hollow & flat in dunes, where alder bushes are near end of the Bull & dune around same including patch of Salix repens. 207. 11.5.49, cont. N. Bull, DU., cont. Insects taken at 1. [66 mounted & these labelled 30.3.1953.] Hemiteles 5 small ♂︎♂︎: 1♂︎ mtd. ant. 20, blackish legs = Pimpla spuria ♀︎, ant. 32. P. brevicornis ♀︎: not mtd. Campoplegid. 1♀︎ = Cymodusa cruentata ♀︎, ant. 34. Porizonid 2 small black ♀︎♀︎: ant. both 20, rather short terebra = Bracon praetermissa? 4♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: ant. 31(2), 32 & 34 (♂︎♂︎); 29 (♀︎). Alysia rufidens ♀︎, ant. 22: in some details (tergite 1 length of antennae, &c., very different from ♀︎ taken at The Murragh, WI., on (1) 18.9.49. Dacnusa anasella Stelfox 38♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ - antennae not counted in most cases. There are topotypes of my species! D. sp. near discolor: ♂︎, ant. 23: same as taken on N. Bull on 2.8.44 (3), but has dark legs! Mesonotum nearly glabrous. = Pachysema comis Nixon in E.M.M. November 1954! D. cf. areolaris 24 (♂︎ & ♀︎): 1♂︎, 1♀︎ only mtd., ant. both 21. Monoctonus caricis about 20, & at least 1♀︎ with dark third antennal segment & very dark legs: this ♀︎ only mtd., ant. 13 (labelled "sp.?"!). Aphidius spp. about 20 (♂︎ & ♀︎): 5 mtd. as follows:- A. cf. pterocommae 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 18 & 17. A. sp. 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 17 & 15. A. sp. ♀︎, ant. 14, cf. matricariae? Proctos. 1 Chalcids abundant Coleoptera 6 = Bledius limicola Tott.; Heterocerus flexuosus Steph.; Helophorus uncipennis Th. -at 2, not! =Brachypterus glaber Steph.; Meligethes viridescens F.; & Ceutorhynchus contractus M. All fide H.W. Daltry. Microlepidopteron taken at 3: not seen when labelling?