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33. 26.9.53, cont. Manor Kilbride, WI., cont. Taken at 3. [lumped with those from 2] Atractodes red, abd: See "(2)" Aspilota sp. near sylvatica but head more transverse & propodeum +/- smooth. ♀︎, ant. 21 See "(2) Dacnusa gilvipes ♂︎ not mtd. D. laevipectus 2♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Proctos 2: not mtd. 7th Sept. 1953. After a very wet night a fine day & no rain till 6 P.M. Picked up by E.S.A. Baynes at Terenure at 10.30 A.M. who wanted larvae of the moth piniaria to breed & drove first to Hollywood Glen where after an hour's beating of a dripping Pinus sylvestris he procured only one larva. From the larva came an ick which spun its cocoon on the net cover of box & this ick emerged on 2nd April 1954 = Campoplex angustatus Th. ♂︎ ant. 40. After lunch when leaving the glen by branch outlet of channel he stopped to beat several old Pines on roadside & found two clusters of sawfly larvae - presumably those of Lophorus pini: these brought home to breed out! He also found a specimen of the Stink Horn fungus so encased with blue bottle flies that only the white cap & base of stalk of the fungus were visible. 34. 28th Sept. 1953. A find day, but chilly W. wind, much sun, some clouds, but no rain will shower at 5.30 P.M. MONDAY. In afternoon drove, Daisy & I, to the Phoenix Park & collected in two areas, for a short period in each. 1 = Under trees along boundary wall W. of lower part of the Furry Glen, Co. DU. 3.0 till 3.20 P.M. 2 = Under trees along W. boundary wall of the Park between Knockmaroon & White's Gates. 3.30-4.0 P.M. Phoenix Park, Co. DU. Insects taken at 1. [15 mounted from 1 & these labelled 20.10.53.] Herpestomus nasutus W. ♀︎, reddish abdomen. Ant. 27. Cryptinids 8 - 2 only mtd., including Hemiteles apertus 2♂︎♂︎, H. cf. gracilis ♀︎. Atractodes black sp.; Leptocryptus sp. ♀︎, ant. 25. Stilpnus gagates ♂︎ & Phygadeuon sp. ♀︎, ant. 19. Stenomacrus ochripes? ♀︎, var. with areolet! Ant. 24. Aperileptus sp. ♀︎, small, ant. 18. Ademon sp. see next page -> Blacus ruficornis ♀︎: not mtd. Opius parvulus W. ♀︎, ant. 21. Pentapleura angustula ♀︎ Phaenocarpa conspurcator ♀︎, with very narrow tergite 1. Ant. broken. Phaenocarpa picinervis 2♂︎♂︎, one mtd. has very distinct, clear, neuration. Ant. 30. Aspilota dentifemur ♂︎, ant. 22, neuration very strong! A. fuscicornis ♂︎: not mtd. A. (Synaldis) funiculicornis ♀︎, ant. 18.