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340. 8.9.49, cont. Above Jobstown, DU., cont. Mesochorus sp. ♀︎: not mtd. Campoplegid ♂︎: not mtd. Helictes sp. ♂︎: not mtd. Acoelius subfaciatus ♂︎. Perilitus bicolor? 3♂︎♂︎ (= dorsalis Curtis!); ant. 17, 18 & 18! Perilitus cf. secalis? 1♂︎, darker than last, ant. 23, but very small. Meteorus ictericus? ♀︎, ant. 32 Diospilus oleraceus ♂︎: not mtd. Opius irregularis ♂︎ & O. cingulatus large ♀︎; neither mtd. Biosteres procerus ♂︎: not mtd. Alysia 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 40 & 44. Pentapleura pumilio ♂︎; not mtd. Phaenocarpa ruficeps ♂︎, not mtd. Ph. piccinervis ♂︎, ant. 31 Ph: conspurcator ♀︎, not mtd. & ? also ♂︎, reddish antennae!: not mtd. Aspilota sp. ♂︎, not mtd. A. (Synaldis) sp. ♂︎, minute; not mtd. Dacnusa longiradialis, laevipectus & pubescens 1♂︎ of each. None mtd. D. elegantula 9 (♂︎ & ♀︎), not mtd. D. diremta 1♂︎, ant. 30. D. elegantula? ♂︎, ant. 30: but tergite 1 seems rather broad & flat! D. (Gyrocampa) affinis 2 not mtd. Chaenusa conjungens ♂︎: not mtd. Ephedrus validus 2♂︎♂︎ not mtd Monoctonus caricis 3♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Trioxys sp. n., near auctus! 2♀︎♀︎, 1♂︎, ant. 12 (♀︎) & 13 (♂︎), ♀︎♀︎ with ant. segs. 11 & 12 ± joined! Aphidius sp. 1 & A. sp. 1 - neither mtd. 241. 8.9.49, cont. Above Jobstown, DU, cont. Proctos abundant: 20 in sucker: 2 (wingless) mtd. = Chalcids 2: not mtd. Cynipid 1, not mtd. 9th Sept, 1949. A nice day, windy (SW) in forenoon, but only gentle breeze by late afternoon, warm, with much sun in afternoon. Returned in afternoon to fields above & S. of Jobstown & while Daisy gathered blackberries - of which there is a very heavy crop - I swept insects in two areas, both different from previous day 1 = S. edge of second field below road along hillside 2 = W. edge of field in turnips to E. of station 1. [[image]] [[captions]] lane over Knocknarea S. E. W. N. From Old Bawn 1. 2. To Jobstown [[?pub 1]] [[/captions]] Insects taken at 1. [30 mtd. from 1 & these labelled 26.1.50] Cryptinids 6: none mtd. Promethes conatus ♂︎: not mtd. Stenomacrus sp. (not mtd.) ♂︎, dark legs. Picrostigeus sp. ♀︎, small same as on 8.9.49! not mtd. Leptopygus harpurus 8♂︎♂︎, not mtd. Campoplegid ♀︎: not mtd. Plectiscid ♀︎, ant. 19 = Bracon epitriptus M.? ♀︎, ant. 28. Ascogaster elegans (♂︎?); ant. 36. Perilitus 4 = P. basalis Curtis ♂︎, ant. 18: agrees with specimen so named in Walker's box in Haliday Coll., Nat. Museum. P. cf. secalis (Hal.) Thomson. 1♂︎, ant. 24, blackish; 2♀︎♀︎, ant. both 23; smaller than size given by Thomson, otherwise I agree.