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35. 28.9.53 (1) cont. Phoenex Park, DU., cont. Ademon decrescens var.? ♀︎, mainly reddish testaceous, ant. 24, probably swept at spring-head where grow Glyceria, Water Mint, & possibly Water Cress, & other marsh plants. Dacnusa laevipectus 2♀︎♀︎ not mtd. D. aphanta 1♂︎, 1♀︎ not mtd. Monoctonus caricis ♂︎: not mtd. Proctos 10: 2 only mtd. = Chalcids 6: none mtd. Cynipid 1 = Coccinellid = Halysia 14-guttata var. with coalesced spots. Taken at 2. [24 mounted from 2 & these labelled 22.10.53.] Two Speckled Wood Butterflies seen! Cryptinids 8, Hemiteles gracilis group 5, Pezomachus fasciatus ♀︎ only 1 mtd. = Phygadeuon? sp.?, ant. 20. Homocidus pectoratorius large ♂︎ not mtd. Polyblastus sp. red abd., black hind femora, ♀︎, ant. 29. Stenomacrus affinis ♀︎, ant. 22 (?) Mesochorus sp. ♂︎: not mtd. Aperileptus sp. ♀︎: not mtd. Plectiscus sp. small ♂︎, not mtd. Bracon crenatus m. ♀︎, ant. 27; agrees perfectly with type! Rogas tristis ♀︎, black species! A very dark specimen, black orbits, pale stigma with dark lower border, ant. 45. A late date! Apanteles pallipes? 2♀︎♀︎, no carina on propodeum! Meteorus scutellator ♀︎, ant. 32; dark form. 36. 28.9.53 (2), cont. Phoenix Park, DU., cont. Blacus humilis group ♀︎, very small; ant. 17. Pentapleura pumilio 1♂︎, 1♀︎, not mtd. P. angustula ♀︎: not mtd. Phaenocarpa conspurcator 2♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Adelura flaviventris ♂︎, ant. 28. A. sylvia ♂︎, ant. 34. Aspilota spp. 9 & all mounted = A. dentifemur 3♀︎♀︎, ant. 17, 18 & 19. A. minutissima m. 2♀︎♀︎, small; dark legs; ant. 15 & 16. A. sp. near sciurella, ♀︎, ant. 23. A. cf. tibialis or fuscescens??, large ♂︎, ant. 25, legs semi-fuscous! A. surcularia, small ♀︎, ant. only 15. A. (Synaldis) cf. funiculicornis ♀︎, ant. 17, small, pale legs. Dacnusa laevipectus 1♂︎, 1♀︎ - the first ♂︎ seen for some time. } D. longiradialis 4 & all ♂︎♂︎ I think! } D. aphanta 2 } Praon volucre? ♀︎, with antennae dark at base } Ephedrus validus a very nice ♀︎ } } None mtd. Proctos. 16: 4 mounted = Chalcids. 7: none mtd. 1st to 8th Oct. 1953. Anticyclone over British Isles & after Sat. 3rd no rain or wind in Dublin, but calm, mild weather with E. breeze & a lot of smoky wind (? from Lancashire), but at times hot sun, with cold almost forsty nights & very heavy dew. On 8th tried sweeping in garden in afternoon & took the following:- Plectocryptus sp.n. miki ant. 25 Phaenocarpa ruficeps ♂︎, ant. 27; Dacnusa laevipectus 2♀︎♀︎, & 2 Proctos = Bombus lucorum ♀︎ seen on Arbutus flowers in Butterfield Av., Rathfarnham on 7th Oct.