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103.

9.6.53 (2), cont.  Oldtown Ho, Naa, KD., cont.

Colastes braconius: not mtd.
Rogas circumscriptus var. ♂︎., ant. 41;
Euphorus fulvipes 3: 1♂︎ mtd. ant. 16. & 1 other (not mtd.)
Microctonus cf. cultus ♂︎, ant. 23,  
Meteorus ictericus ♀︎, ant. 32. 
M. melanoatictus ♂︎, ant. X.
Macrocentrus lylella, large ♂︎, ant. 36: there may be 2 spp. in this series!  
Opius (B.) blandus Hal.  a large ♂︎, ant. 38. 
O. pendulus 1: not mtd. 
O. longicornis miki (non Thoms.), ♀︎, ant. 27. 
O. irregularis  ♂︎, ant. 26 tergite 2 aciculate! 
O. petiolatus m.?  ♂︎, ant. 29. 
O. nigro-pygmaea sp. n.  ♀︎, ant. 25 {See key to Opius, couplet 116 for chief characters. AWS. 26.3.'65. for 2 other ♀︎♀︎ see pp. 95 & 97, antea.  AWS. 18 4.1965}
O. funebris  ♂︎, ant. 22, somewhat teneral, stigma pale & folded! 
O. funebris also another ♂︎, ant. 21, & 2♀︎♀︎, ant. both 20.
Phaenocarpa livida ♀︎, ant. 27. 
Adelura flaviventris  ♂︎, ant. 30.
Orthostigma angusticella?  2♀︎♀︎, ant. both 20. 
O. cuneatistigma  ♂︎, ant. 26: red tergites 1 & 2, stigma like Aspilota jaculans ♂︎; mesonotum hairless? 
Aspilota sylvatica?  2♂︎♂︎, ant. 20 & 23; prop. striate at apex [[image]]. 
A. nemoralis?  ♀︎, ant. 19;  also 3 smaller ♀︎♀︎, ant. 17, 18, 18. 
A. albescipes??: ♀︎, ant 21. 
A. tibialis ?:  ♂︎, ant. 23. 
A. prona, 2♀︎♀︎, one with good dimple & 19-seg. ant. the other smaller, with merest trace of dimple, ant. 17.
A. tumida, large ♂︎, ant. 23;  2 smaller ♀︎, ant. both only 17. 
A. daemon, ♂︎, ant. 19;  also another ♂︎, ? this sp., ant. 18
A. (Synaldis) levis?  ♀︎, ant. 17. 
A. (S.) concolor  3♀︎♀︎, ant. 14, 15 & 16.
Dacnusa adducta  1 very large ♀︎, not mtd. 
D. pubescens  4 (♂︎ & ♀︎): not mtd.
D. eros Nix.  1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 41 & 40. 
D. elegantula  ♀︎, dark stigma, ant. 27.
D. cf. lucania miki, in ovalis group: ♂︎, ant. 30.
Coelinius n. sp. Sligo  2♀︎♀︎, ant. 30 & 32.
C. rufipes m.  2♂︎♂︎, ant: 37 & 42. 
C. niger  ♀︎, ant. 38.
Gyrocampa uliginosa  ♂︎, ant. 26 (?).
Monoctonus nervosa?  ♂︎: not mtd.
Aphidius fuscomaculatus sp. n. ♀︎, ant. 18 & 2 others (♂︎♂︎) not mtd.  Near pseudoplatanus but longer 18-seg. ant. & cubical head;  all yellow with black marks on thorax & stemmaticum.  <- for another ♀︎ see p.98 antea!  Also ♀︎ from Lucan, Co. DU., taken on (1) 22.6.45.
Proctos  10 - 2 mtd., incuding 2♂︎♂︎ Disogmus, one of which runs to basalis in Nixon's key & the other to nigripennis!
Chalcids  6 } none mtd.
Cynipids  3 } none mtd.


104.

10th June '53.

After rain & very hot night, a soft morning with clouds & some sunbursts.  At 10 A.M. saw a ☿ Bombus pratorum at flowers of Foxglove in back garden.

In afternoon drove to Rye Water, Co. KD., & collected by sweeping for an hour between Louisa Br., & the Rye Water, W. of & above the Aqueduct over the Rye Water.

Rye Water, Co. KD.
[25 mtd. & these labelled 20/3/65.]

Dolerus palustris  ♀︎.
Dryinid = Aphelopus sp.  ♀︎, v. small.
Cryptinids 5:  3 mtd. = Hemiteles sp. J.F.P.  ♀︎, ant. 20.
Atractodes sp.  ♀︎, ant. 22
At.?  a very minute ♂︎ which seems to belong here;  ant. 20.
Exochus affinis Holmgr.  (?♀︎), ant. 35:  agrees well with description!
Stenomacrus fumipennis  ♂︎, ant. 26.
Zootrephus sp.  ♂︎: not mtd.
Gunomeria macrodactyla  ♂︎, ant. 40.
Campoplegid  1: not mtd.
Bracon 6 = B. fuscicoxis  ♂︎, ant. 30.
B. hispitarga m.  2♀︎♀︎ (ant. both 27) & 1 reddish ♂︎, ant. 32:  tergite 2, clypeus & cheeks all reddish!  AWS.  - This sp. has very widely rejected recurrent nerve!  AWS.
B. osculator, var. C.:  large ♀︎, ant. 29.
B. "sp. 20"?  ♂︎, ant. 30.
Apanteles fraternus?  ♀︎.
Microplitis xanthopus √   1♀︎.
Meteorus micropterus, small ♀︎, ant. 23.
Gnamptodon sordida m.  ♂︎, ant. 23.
Dacnusa stramineipes  ♂︎, ant. 30.
[[strikethrough]] D. elegantula ♀︎. [[/strikethrough]] error!
D. cyclops, ♀︎, ant. 23.
D. dirona?  ♀︎, ant. 28.
D. obesa, ♀︎, ant. 28.
Proctos  4: only 2 mtd. = Platygaster  ♂︎ & Conostigmus?
Dipteron  1 = 
Beetle =