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97. 4.6.53. Oldtown, Naas, KD., cont. Taken at 2, cont. Bracon fuscicoxis ♂︎, not mtd & 8 others = B. rivalis ♀︎, ant. 37. - Probably immutator (N.) Th. AWS. 1965. B. arcuatus Thoms.? ♀︎, ant. 23 & fit well! B. titubans Wesm.? ♀︎, ant. 27. Also a possible but very small ♂︎, ant. 26. B. rugizonatus? (teneral) ♀︎, ant. 29. Also a possible ♂︎ small ant. 28. Also a larger ♀︎, ant. 31, ? this species. B. cf. ♂︎ pictipes miki & flavipalpis Thoms. ♂︎, ant. 27. Colastds braconius 3♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎, not mtd. Rhizarcha clavator ♂︎: not mtd. Rogas circumscriptus?, ♂︎, ant. 41. Apanteles sp. 5 = A. cf. dilectus, 2♀︎♀︎. A. fraternus? ♀︎. A. emarginatus? 2♀︎♀︎. Euphorus fulvipes √ 4 & 1 other = E. facialis Thoms. (♀︎?), ant. 19. Perilitus corax sp. n. ♂︎, ant. 18, legs & body very black; stigma long, black; radial cell & wings narrow; head large, transverse, fuscous; ant. black &c. AWS. 9.4.65. Meteorus fragilis, var. ♂︎, ant. 34. Macrocentrus collaris, a pale ♀︎, ant. 31. Opius irregularis ♂︎, & 16 others: = O. funebris 5♂︎♂︎, ant. 21(3), 22 & 23. 5♀︎♀︎, ant. 18, 19, 20, & 21(2). O. nigro-pygmaea miki: ♀︎, ant. 25: see note on Type! on p.103!!! O. exilis ♂︎, ant. 23. Var. with interstitial recurrent nervure! O. cf. quercetus m.? ♂︎, ant. 27. O. cf. femoralis m. ♀︎, ant. 28 but femore not so stout as in type: sternauli very small & deep, but I think smooth & below this a curious "slit" on margin of venter, thus [[image]] [[captions]] sternauli. slit - red below slit. [[/captions]] O. pallipes W. 2♀︎♀︎, ant. both 30. Pentapleura angustula 1 minute ♀︎: not mtd. Alloea contracta ♀︎; not mtd. Phaenocarpa ruficeps ♂︎ not mtd. Ph. picinervis ♂︎ - not mtd. Ph. livida 2♀︎♀︎ - not mtd. Alysia = A. laevipectus sp. n. Type! ♀︎. ant. 25. AWS 10.4.1965. Cf. key! sternauli smooth &c. Prosapha venusa? 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 24 = cuneata nobis olim! Aspilota daemon ♂︎, ant. 19. & 24 others = A. prona complex 1♂︎, ant. 24, rugose propodeum! 1♀︎, ant. 20, ± smooth, typical, propodeum! A. maculipes 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 17 & 19. A insidiatrix Marsh. 1♀︎, ant. 15, also a larger ♀︎, ? this sp., ant. 16. A. cf. fuscesens or nigrescens, 5♂︎♂︎, ant. 21(2), 22(2) & 23; 1♀︎, ant. 18. A. cf. fumipennis?? a dark ♀︎ possibly this sp., ant. 17. A. atra, a small ♀︎, ant. 22. A. concinna ♀︎, ant. 17. 98. 4.6.52 (2) cont. Oldtown, KD., cont. Aspilota fuscornis? ♂︎, ant. 18. A. [[strikethrough]] tumida? [[/strikethrough]] truncata? ♂︎, ant. 18, [[strikethrough]] narrower than [[/strikethrough]] A. latifrons? ♀︎, ant. 17 & also a ♂︎, ant. 22. A. (S.) concolor 3♀︎♀︎, ant. 14, 14 & 15. A. (S.) cf. temporalis ♂︎, ant. 19. Dacnusa lateralis 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 40 & 41. D. eros ♀︎, ant. 37. D. larides Nix. ♀︎, small, ant. 23. Dacnusa gilvipes 1♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd. D. talaris ♀︎, ant. 31. D. pubescens 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎ not mtd. D. postica (= gracilis) ♀︎, ant. 30. D. persimilis = melanocera (Th.) Griffiths. ♀︎, ant. 25; also a ♂︎, ant. 27. Coelinius rufipes m. ♂︎, ant. 41 Praon volucre? ♀︎ not mtd. Toxares deltiger ♀︎, ant. 20. Ephedrus plagiator? ♂︎ not mtd. Aphidius fuscomaculatus ♀︎: for description of Type ♀︎ of this n. sp. see p.103 to follow! -> A. near urticae or rosae? 2♀︎♀︎, long slender, abdomen: ant. 18 & 19. A. spp. 3: none mtd. Proctos 24: 7 mtd. = Spilomicrus tripartitus (= Sp. ♂︎ of 16). Paramesius sp.2 ♀︎. Basalys? "♂︎ of 7". Disogmus nigripennis 2♀︎♀︎. Phaenoserphus calcar ♂︎. Conystigmus? ♀︎, red abdoman, 2mm. Chalcids 11 & 4 Mymarids: 5 mtd. including the 4 Mymarids = Cynipids 7: not mtd. Beetle 1 Staph. = 6th June 1953. The first really sunny day for a week. In afternoon drove to Ballinascorney & walked up the overflow channel S. of Slieve-na-Bawnoge & along the ridge to Ballymorefin Hill, alt. 1,689 ft. Did not collect anything but a few mosses for Miss Thomson. 7th June. Again all sunny. In forenoon wrote letters! Found a small (♂︎?) Mesites tardyi outside fresh hole in Hawthorn log in yard. A few weeks earlier had taken 4 Mesites in the Killarney Fern case. Originally brought in sticks from Powerscourt.
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