1924. Stelfox — Irish Hymenoptcra Acidcala. 15 



1830 and 1840) ; and in the gravel pit by the railway near Herdstown, 

 a little west of Donaghadee, I captured one on August 8th, 1922. 

 Mr. R. A. Phillips sent me another from Rosslare, Co. Wexford, 

 taken on 28th September, 192 1. Haliday's notes on the habits 

 of this or another species of the genus {Ent. Magazine, vol. 2, p. 

 219, 1834) are very interesting. 

 B. sp. ?. — During the Clare Island Survey a specimen of another 

 species — not yet identified — was taken by Mr. J. N. Halbert at 

 Westport, Co. Mayo. 



PSAMMOCHARIDAE ( = POMPILIDAE). 



Psammochares {Pompilus) rufipes L. — I found males not uncommon 

 along the sandy bluffs south of the Martello Tower at Portrane on 

 14th June, 1923, and on 24th June, 1923, I captured a female in the 

 same locality. The only previous Irish record seems to be that of 

 Freke who, in 1894, took three specimens at Courtown, Co. Wexford. 



P. approximatus Sm. — There is an unlocalized Irish specimen in the 

 Haliday collection in the National Museum, and Dr. Perkins tells 

 me he has seen one from Newcastle, Co. Down, taken by ^Ir. J. J. 

 F, X. King of Glasgow. 



P. spissus Sch. — A single male taken in the Devil's Glen in a sunny spot 

 by the zig-zag road below the fall on 8th June, 1921. It has been 

 recorded by Rev. W. F. Johnson from Co. Armagh. 



Pseudagenia carbonaria Scop. — In Haliday's IMS. list this is recorded as 

 having been taken by him at Lough Neagh, and in his collection I 

 found a pin (but no specimen) bearing both locality and species 

 labels. If the sandy parts of the L. Neagh shore could be searched, 

 other species new to the Irish fauna would probably be brought 

 to light. 



Agenia variegata T. — In recording this from Glenasmole in 1920 I 

 wrongly stated it was new to Ireland, as Rev. W. F. Johnson has 

 previously recorded it for Co. Donegal (/. Nat., xxviii., p. 7), In 

 1923 I took it again in Glenasmole and also in Glencree. 



Ceropales maculatus Fab. — Not only abundant along the coast as stated 

 by Freke ; but also occurs inland at Glencree. I was surprised 

 to find it, however, in a quarry on the west side of Glanasmole at 

 an altitude of 900 feet on 4th August, 1923. 



PEMPHREDONIDAE. 



Pemphredon shuckardi Mor. and P. wesmaeli Mor. — Freke, in his list, 

 gives " Dundrum, Co. Dublin (Freke) " for the former species and 

 " Monkstown, Co. Dublin (Cuthbert) " for the latter. Luckily there 

 are specimens of both in the National Museum and these proved 

 to be wrongly determined. J\lr. H. M. Hallett to whom I submitted 

 them in 1921 agreed that Freke's ''shuckardi " from Dundrum is 

 P. lethifer Shuck., and that Cuthbert's " wesmaeli " from Monkstown 



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