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99.) 29.5.50, cont. Swyre, Chesil Beach, &c., cont. Dacnusa sp.? 1♀︎, ant. 41; narrow petiole, &c Coelinius larger sp.? 2♂︎♂︎; ant. 41 & 42; tergite 1 of one much stouter C. smaller sp.? 3♂︎♂︎; ant. 38, 39 & 40. Taken in lee of hedge in fields behind beach: possible all ♂︎♂︎ of one variable species. AWS. Ephedrus pulchellus? 2♂︎♂︎. Aphidius sp. near renominatus? 1♂︎, ant. 18/19; tergite 1 & base of t.2 testaceous; legs black. Proctos. 4 Chalcides 8. Cynipids 3. Beetles 4. Timarcha 100.) 30th May 1950. A perfect day, all sunny, very warm & gentle S.W. breeze after a dewy night. Took 10.35 bus to Puddletown & walked sough along lane into Ilsington Wood & spent day there, chiefly collecting Aculeates on patch of Wood Spurge, as very few small hymenoptera could be found by sweeping birch, &c. - too hot! Also collected a few aculeates at chalk pit on W. side of lane 1/4 mile S. of Puddletown & a fair number of Ichneumonids along sides of lane off Chaerophyllum sylvestre, Cow Parsnip, Maple, &c. &c. Returned by bus at 5.8 from Puddletown. Collected or seen in lane, chalk pit or in Ilsington Wood, S. of Puddletown, Dorset. Bombus sylvarum 1♀︎ seen at Bugle in wood. B. jonellus 2☿☿ in wood. B. agrorum ♀︎♀︎, several. B. lapidarius ♀︎. Psithyrus distinctus, vestalis & campestris (dark f.) 1♀︎ each seen. Andrena gwynana 1 very worn ♀︎. A. angustior 1♀︎. A. nitida 1♀︎. A. chrysosceles 3♀︎♀︎. A. fucata 1♂︎ A. wilkella (or ovatula)? 1♀︎, with ♀︎ Stylops! A. saundersella 1♂︎, 3♀︎♀︎. A. minutula 2♀︎♀︎.