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151. 20.7.52, cont. Lawers, MP., cont. Taken at 2 (Glen). [71 only mountell & these labelled Sept. 1952] Phygadeuon? ♂︎, ant. 23. Stenomacrus laevissimus sp.n. ♀︎. Type. A.W.S. 7.9.52! Head +/- cushion-shaped as in Aspilota semicompressa S. & G.; propodeum & tergite 1 smooth & shining, the other very short & deeply incavate at base dorsally; rest of abdomen laterally compressed - knife-like; ca. 3mm.; terebra curved up & projecting beyond anus; stigma dark; &c. Ant. 20-seg. See ♀︎ taken here on (2)27.6.1954! AWS. Promethes scutellatus ♂︎; ant. 26. Bassus annulatus ♀︎; ant. 20 Mesoleius sp. slender, yellow scutellum, &c. 4♂︎♂︎, ant 36, 36, 38 & 38. M. sp. ♀︎ (?), fuscous hind femora, ant. 33. } ? ♀︎ & ♂︎ of same species! M. sp. ♂︎, red hind femora, ant. 35. } ? ♀︎ & ♂︎ of same species! Polyblastus or Erromenus brunnicans? 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 28 & 30; red abd., &c. Monoblastus? cf. erythropygus Holmgr. ♂︎; abd. black with pale anus; ant. 33. "Trypon" brachyacanthus ♀︎, ant. 32. Mesochorus spp. 3♀︎♀︎, ant. 41, 41 & 43. Dicolus sp. ♂︎, ant. 29. Rogas irregularis ♂︎, ant. 52. Apanteles lateralis? ♂︎. Euphorus pallipes ♀︎, ant. 22. Meteorus scutellator ♀︎, ant. 33, very dark. Pygostolus sticticus ♀︎, ant. 34. Blacus trivialis ♀︎, ant. 17. Centistes lucidator ♂︎, ant. 24. Opius geniculatus ♀︎, ant. 41. Opius impressus 2♂︎♂︎, ant. both 45. O. cf. stenops m. small ♀︎, ant. 24. O. exilis ♀︎, ant. 26. O. sp. near victus Hal. but dark ♀︎, ant. 33. O. cf. lunulatus ♀︎, ant. 26. O. cf. cingulatus 1♂︎, ant. 33; 1 small & 2 larger ♀︎♀︎, ant. 28, 31 & 33, the ♀︎♀︎ with somewhat darkened hind tarsi & extreme apex hind tibiae. 152. 20.7.52, cont. Lawers, MP., cont. Taken at 2 (Glen) cont. Opius rufipes large ♂︎, ant. 40. Adelura flaviventris 2♀︎♀︎ (1 larger than other), ant. 28 & 30. A. sylvia large ♀︎, ant. 40. Aspilota efoveolata Th. ♀︎, ant. 22. A. praecipua Marsh. ♀︎, ant. 27. A. micacea sp. n. 2♀︎♀︎ (Type & paratype! AWS. 9.9.1952) runs to minutissima m. in key but differs in elongate antennal seg. 4 which is longer & slenderer, &c. See key! Ant. both 17. A. cf. micacea 1 larger & more robust ♀︎ than the type & paratype above but probably the same species; ant. 18, stouter than in type! A. sp.? ♂︎, ant. +22 (broken!); with dimple; propodeum +/- rugulose: could be ♂︎ of micacea! A. sp.? ♂︎, ant. 22 & with abd. +/- pale at base: cf. sylvatica or cynipidis! A. sp.? ♂︎, ant. 19, with dimple; smooth propodeum: cf. fuscescens. A. sp.? ♂︎, ant. 23, with dimple; smooth propodeum: cf. fuscescens. A. cf. picticornis m. 1♀︎, ant. 18, pale at base; tergite 1 fuscous; also 1 small ♂︎, ant. only 17. A. (Synaldis) sp. ♂︎, ant. 23. Dacnusa petiolata ♂︎, ant. 43. D. maculipes ♂︎, ant. 22 but has pale stigma & rather pale legs! D. aphanta 2 small ♂︎♂︎, ant. 24 & 26. D. melanocera ♀︎, ant. 26. D. lateralis ♀︎? Ant. 39. D. uma Nixon ♂︎, ant. 36. D. heretica miki ♀︎, ant. 22. In coll. D. evadne Nixon ♂︎, ant. 31. D. adducta large ♀︎, ant. 30. D. cf. turissa Nixon, 1 dark ♂︎, ant. 28. D. cf. ninella Nixon. 5 examples I think this species, though the 5th (a ♂︎?) seems to have lost the hair on propodeum & tergite 1 or else these are stuck down with wet. Ant. 32, 34 (♂︎♂︎), 32, 33 (♀︎♀︎) & ♂︎? ant. 32. D. cf. aphanta (♂︎?); ant. 24.; but legs entirely pale & propodeum with pubescence +/- removed? Coelinius cf. vindex Graham MS. (= n. sp. Sligo miki!) ♂︎, ant. 39. Beetle = Triarthron maerkeli Schm. fide H.W. Daltry. [The remainder of the catch not logged, but put in paper packet.]