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30.3.54. cont.  The Murrough, WI., cont.

Ichneumon confusorius  ♀︎, pinned.
Exephanes occupator  ♀︎, pinned.
Cratichneumon fabricator, pinned, 2♂︎♂︎.
Alomyia debellator, black ♂︎, pinned!
[[strikethrough]] Phaenogenid ♀︎ [[/strikethrough]]  Microcryptus cf. graminicola?  ♂︎, pinned.
Cryptinids 32 - mainly small ♂︎♂︎ of Atractodes, Hemiteles & Phygadeuon or Cryptus (s.l.):  only 7 mounted = 
Idiolispa analis  ♂︎, small, ant. 27.
Pycnocryptus perigrinator  ♀︎, ant. 29;  also ? a ♂︎, ant. 31.
Phygadeuonid, small, black, ♂︎, ant. 20:  matt abdomen.
Phygadeuonid, small ♂︎, ant. 23;  polished abdomen.
Helictes apertus, ♂︎, ant. 22.
Phygadeuon?  2 lovely little ♀︎♀︎, ant. both 17, tergites 2 & 3 +/- red, smooth;  legs (& coxae) red, like segs. 1-4 of antennae.
Pimpla melanopyga  1 early ♂︎ swept in marsh, ant. 27.
P. oculatoria  ♂︎ on Salix cinerea, ant. 27.
Lissonota angusta Tasch.  ♀︎, ant. 30:  agrees well!  I have another similar ♀︎ taken near Dunfanaghy, Co. W. Donegal on 19.6.55:  neither will fit any other species in Schmiedeknecht.  AWS. 20/12/65.
Mesoleptus typhae?  small dark ♂︎, pinned.
Gen. et sp.?  black, matt, ♀︎ = ? Spudaea atrata Holmgr. (= compactor Thunb.)?, ant. 28.
Campoplegids (Canidielta, &c.) 9:  only 1 mtd. = Olesicampa cf. fulcrans Thom.? ♀︎, ant. 26+, hind trochantellus, larger & prominent yellow.
Mesochorus 3 (2 are small black sp. not mtd.).
Astiphromma? tenuicorne Th.??  ♂︎, ant. 29.
Thersilochids 9 (at least 3 spp.):  3♀︎♀︎ only mtd. = Phradis minutus ♀︎, ant. 12.
Gen. et sp.?  ♀︎, ant. 20+.
Diaparsis? sp.?  ♀︎.
Helictes borealis  2♂︎♂︎, ant. 24 & 26.
Myriarthrus cingulator  ♀︎, ant. 34.
Bracon 7 = B.? pauciarticulatus?  a minute ♂︎, ant. 18.
B. rugosulus miki, a minute ♂︎, ant. 21;  var. tergite 2 smooth.
B. undulatus miki, ♀︎ (var. with virtually smooth tergite 2!), ant. 26+, bitten off;  also 2 typical ♂︎♂︎ & one like ♀︎, with smooth tergite 2, ant. 32, 33, 32 respectively;  2 of the 3 (No. 2 & 3) have suturiform groove virtually straight.
B. cf. foveola Thoms.  ♂︎, ant. 32:  agrees well with ♀︎ from Gollierstown, DU., 19.6.53.
Sigalphus obscurellus??  ♂︎, ant. 24:  tergite 3 micro-aciculate at base!
Apanteles 3 = A. congestus ♂︎ & ♀︎.
A. pallipes?  ♂︎
Euphorus pallipes  2♂︎♂︎ (ant. 25 & 27) & 1♀︎ (ant. 23):  labelled 8.6.54.
E. longicornis (?♂︎), ant. 27.


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30.5.54, cont.  The Murrough, WI., cont.

Perilitus  2♂︎♂︎, 6♀︎♀︎:  ant. 25 & 28 (♂︎♂︎) - very small ♂︎!;  24(3) & 25*3);  labelled 8.6.54.
P.  ♀︎
Opius 6 = O. funebris  2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 21, 22 & 21.
O. levis  ♂︎, ant. 24.
O. communis?  ♂︎, ant. 26.
Phaeocarpa livida √  ♂︎, ant. 31.
Aspilota concinna  ♂︎, ant. 22.
A. dentifemur  ♂︎, ant. 20.
A. rubripes  ♀︎, ant. 15.
A. viduata miki  ♂︎, ant. 21:  seems to agree with type ♂︎ from Sorrel Hill, WI., (1) 28.5.53!
A. (Synaldis) rudenticornis?  ♀︎, ant. 18.
Dacnusa areolaris group:  about 30, including maculipes & a species with very long radial areolet.  Those mtd. = 
D. areolaris  3♂︎♂︎, ants. 21, 22, 22.
D. confinis?  ♂︎, ant. 23, head very wide.
D. laevipectus, large ♀︎, ant. 24.
D. metula Nixon 1954, ♂︎, with huge black, oblong, stigma & hairy mesonotum, ant. 29:  fits perfectly my original ♂︎ from Lawers, Mid Perth:  labelled 13/2/55.
D. (P.) discolor  ♂︎, ant. 24;  & ♀︎, ant. 22.
D. euryale? Nixon, ♀︎, ant. 26:  fits well, but only 26-seg. ant. instead of 29.  AWS. 25/12/65.
Coelinidia 2 = C. niger 2♂︎♂︎, smaller has antennae with 41-segs, the larger 47-segs.
Aphidiinae very common, 20 in sucker including Ephedrus validus, Monoctonus caricis & nervosa ♂︎, ant 17:  5 mounted = 
Aph. cf. brassicae Marshall?  ♀︎, ant. 14, mesonotum & scutellum pale!
Aph. sp.  ♂︎, ant. 16.
Aph. sp.  ♂︎, ant. 16.
Aph. sp.  ♂︎, ant. 16.
Proctos.  Very common, about 35 in sucker of which half are Scelio spp.  4 only mounted = Spilomicrus sp.15, ♂︎ (= basalyformis).
Belyta depressa?  ♂︎, large & also another smaller ♂︎, less robust, slender antennae.
Platygaster?  ♀︎, with curious elongate abdomen =