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20.) 4.10.49, cont. Taken at 2! W. of Killeen, Co-DU. [7 mounted & labelled 5.10.49.] Hemiteles spp. 2 minute ♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Mesochorus sp. 1 minute ♂︎: not mtd. Phaenocarpa flavipes ♂︎, ant. 31. Ph. conspurcator ♀︎: not mtd. Aspilota spp. 3 = A. ruficornis ♂︎, ant. 24. A. tumida? ♀︎, ant. 16/17, small, & A. (Synaldis) laevipectus sp. n. ♀︎, ant. 18, with segments 3 & 4 both minute! Dacnusa pubescens, maculipes, &c. About 15: none mtd. Chaenusa conjungens 1♀︎, ant. 21. Aphidius brassicae ♀︎; ant. 14. Proctos 10: 1 mtd. = Cynipid 1: not mtd. 4.10.49, cont. Red Admiral Butterfly seen in back garden 14 Clareville Rd., at noon. 8th Oct. 1949. Dull with drizzle from 3 P.M. on 7th, most of the night & today all day till 6.30 P.M. when cleared from W. Wind E. light, but a much cooler day than previous week, & yet about midday in spite of dark clouds & drizzle the garden full of ♂︎♂︎ of Vespa germanica flying around tops of trees & bushes & very few coming within reach of net. Caught two only & saw one ☿ knock down a fly amongst cottages & go after it, but did not catch it apparently. John Palmer reported seeing a pair of wasps in cop. near Orwell Bridge on 7th. 21.) 9th to 11th Oct. '49. Mostly hot, with drizzle, & ull, yet every day male wasps haunted the garden. 12th Oct. 1949. A fine day, mainly very hot sun, but very strong SW. wind until late afternoon when it began to drop; warm & soft. In afternoon rode on bikes to Clondalkin & then down canal towards Killeen; spent 1 1/2 hours sweeping edges of turnip field as on 4th: S. side of field in good shelter, but E. side where most taken on 4th too windy. Swept three areas as follows:- 1st sucker. S. side of field & principally under shelter of hedge. 2nd sucker. E. side & some from S. side on way back to canal. 3rd sucker. A few taken along W. side parallel to canal. Turnip field, between Grand Canal & Camac River, W. of Killeen, Co. DU. [45 mtd. & these labelled on 18.10.1949!] The contents of the 3 suckers not kept separate below as nothing of importance in any! Phaeogenid ♀︎ at 1 = Ischnus nigricollis ♀︎, ant. 32. Cryptinids 7: 3 mounted = Hemiteles cf. gracilis group, small ♂︎, ant. 19. Phygadeuon? sp.? 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 23 & 20; tergite 2 "lederartig". Stenomacrus spp. 4 = St. curvicaudatus 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 27 & 25; very nice pair! St. cf. vafer?? 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. both 22; also very nice pair; pale stigma!! Erromenus brunnicans? ♀︎?, ant. 27.