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350. 15th Sept. 1949. A pleasant day, nearly all sunny after 10 AM. with strong SW-W. breeze. In afternoon drove to the Brittas Ponds (above Slade of Saggart!) & swept W. margin of the lower (northern) pond for half an hour; then drove back to W. side of Slade of Saggart & collected there for about an hour, as follows: 1 = W margin of lower Brittas Pond, Co. DU. alt. ca. 700 ft. 3.0-3.30 P.M. Very hot sun! 2 = Slade of Saggart, left (W.) bank, under trees beside road at head of the Slade. 3 = Lower part of the Slade of Saggart by old road & along stream (left-bank) on way back to head of Slade. Brittas Pond (lower), Co. DU. Insects, taken at 1. [16 mtd. & these labelled 28.12.1949.] Cryptinids 7, Hemiteles ♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎ cf. H. gracilis group. 1 small blackish ♂︎ mtd., ant. 19 = Zootrephus suspiciosus - not mtd. & Homocidus signatus 1♂︎ each latter mtd. ant. 22. Sigalphus cf. caudatus 2♂︎♂︎ not mtd. Diospilus oleraceus ♂︎ not mtd. Opius caesus ♂︎ - not mtd. Alloea contracta ♀︎ - not mtd. Aspilota tumida ♂︎ - ant. 22. Dacnusa cyclops 1: not mtd. Dacnusa elegantula 1 - not mtd. D. obesa m. ♀︎ ant. 28. Dacnusa near curtipalpis ♀︎, ant. 30 but post-petiole transverse! D. laevipectus 1♀︎, not mtd. D. (G.) siniffa ♂︎, ant. 27. D. (G.) esbelta 1♂︎, 1♀︎ - ant. both 31. D. polita-nigra 5♀︎♀︎ Ant. 25(4) & 26(1). Chaenusa conjungens 2♂︎♂︎ - not mtd. Praon abjectum ♂︎ - not mtd. Ephedrus validus ♂︎: not mtd. Proctos 5: 3 mtd. Chalcid 1: not mtd. 351. 15.9.49, cont. Slade of Saggart, DU. Taken at 2. Phaeogenids 3. Dicaelotus sp. ♀︎: not mtd. Phaeogenes impiger Wesm.? 2♀︎♀︎, ant. both 24. Cryptinids 3: 2 mtd. = Hemiteles sp. 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 21 & 22, red on basal half. Orthocentrus radialis ♀︎, ant. 29. Cteniscids 3 = Cteniscus sp. 2 (♂︎♂︎?), ant. 27 & 28. Cteniscus sp. 1 (♂︎?), ant. 30, darker & rougher abd. than last! Plectiscids 2 = Plectiscus cf. crassicornis? ♀︎, ant. 21. Plectiscus sp. ♂︎, ant. 20. Oncophanes lanceolator ♀︎, large, ant. 25. Perilitus sp. ♀︎, very small, long terebra - 2/3 abd.! Very nice! Ant. 20. Blacus sp. ♀︎: not mtd. Alloea contracta: not mtd. Tanycarpa ancilla ♀︎; ant. 22. Aspilota 10 = A. cynipidis 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 18 & 19. A. minutissima ♀︎, ant. 16. A. sp. cf. atra ♂︎, dimple, ant. 23, small. A. cf. tumida? 3 minute ♂︎♂︎, nt. 16, 17, 18. A. cf. surcularia? small ♀︎, ant. 18. A. cf. clara small ♀︎, ant. 19. A. (Synaldis) sp. ♂︎, ant. 22. Dacnusa areolaris, laevipectus & confinis (1♀︎): none mtd. D. adducta ♂︎, reddish abd.!, ant. 33.