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119.) 4.6.50, cont. Studland, Dorset, cont. Sphex sabulosa } both frequent! ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ of former, mostly ♀︎♀︎ of latter. S. hirsuta } both frequent! ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ of former, mostly ♀︎♀︎ of latter. Pompilus viatica 4♀︎♀︎. P. [[strikethrough]] gibbus? [[strikethrough]] ♀︎. P. unguicularis? fide M.W.R. de V. Graham. P. rufipes 3♂︎♂︎ on dunes & at Brand's Bay. P. plumbeus 1♂︎ on dunes. Evagethes bicolor ♀︎. Odyneus pictus √ ♂︎ at Brand's Bay. Halictus prasinus ♀︎ on heath near Brand's Bay fide MWR de V. Graham. Hedychridium ardens common on dunes. Tenthredo ♀︎ taken by A.A.L. in one of the slacks where birch & Salix repens grew. Dolerus asper Zadd. ♀︎ swept in rushy slack: fide MWR Graham. Selandria stramineipes on Bracken at Brand's Bay. Ichneumon cf. gracilicornis small, melanic var.? ♂︎ swept near birch in slack. Catoglyptus crassipes Holmgr. in car near Wareham ♂︎, ant. 31. Paniscus gracilipes Th.? ♀︎ at birth in one of the slacks; ant. 44. Coleoptera 7. Hyperaspis reppensis Herbst. (fide E.O'M.); Coccinella XI-punctata L. (fide E.O'M.) Grasshoppers 2. Hemipteron 1. 120.) 4.6.50, cont. Studland, Dorset, cont. In sucker! Cryptinid ♂︎, ant. 23 = Glypta elongator? ♂︎, ant. 36; small & dark! Bracon cf. epitriptus? ♀︎. Bracon "concolor Thomson" ♀︎ = opacus miki; ant. 20. [Colastes braconius ♂︎, ant. 23, very stiff & ? taken on previous day.] Perilitus aethiops? 2♂︎♂︎; ant. both 27. Chalcid 1. Procto. 1. Bethylus fuscicornis (?♀︎) See p. 118 antea! 5th June 1950. Crabro leucostomoides Richards ♀︎ in garden of Bridge Hotel, Dorchester. Spent day packing & visiting & left for home early on morning of 6th. Caught "Pines Express" at Poole for Liverpool, where arrived about 5.30 P.M. Got on board B. & I. about 9 & home in Dublin for breakfast. Very hot! +90°F in Liverpool! The following insects given me while in Dorset or soon afterwards! Witchampton, Dorset. P. Harwood 31.5.1950. Vespa crabro 2♀︎♀︎. Macrophya rufipes 2♂︎♂︎, 5♀︎♀︎. Dolerus puncticollis ♀︎. Beetles 4 = Railway bank, Radipole, Weymouth, Dorset: on Parsnip. Crabro dives ♂︎, 15.1.1949. G.M. Spooner; 2♀︎♀︎, 8.8.1949 C.D. Day Weymouth, Dorset. Nomada fucata P2 1♂︎, 1♀︎. 7.7.195. G.M. Spooner.