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is really P. shuckardi Mor. P. shitckardi I have taken myself in 

 both Co. Dublin and Wicklow ; but P. wesmaeli has never been 

 taken in Ireland. 



Passaloecus monilicornis Dbm, — I have taken this in July and August 

 in Glenasmoie ; near Enniskerry ; and there is a specimen taken 

 by Mr. Halbert at Howth in the National Museum. 



Psen {Mimesa) unicolor v.d. Lind. — To Cuthbert's record for Lay town 

 (which is in Co. Meath, not Dublin, as stated by Freke) I can add 

 North Bull, Dublin (J. N. Halbert), and Newcastle, Co. Down 

 (J. J. F. X. King). 



Psenulus {Psen) pallipes Pz. — Has been taken by Halbert in Avondale, 

 Co. Wicklow. 



NYSSONIDAE. 



Arpactus {Gorytes) tumidus Pz. — The only Irish specimen I know of is 

 in the National Museum. It was taken by Mr. J. N. Halbert in iqoi 

 on the dunes at Tramore, Co Waterford. Not seen by Dr. Perkins. 



Gorytes mystaceus L. — Mr. R. A. Phillips sent me a female taken by 

 him on 17th June, 1922, near Maryborough, in Queen's Co. 



CRABRONIDAE. 



Crabro (Clytochrysis) chrysostomus Lep. — On 26th June, 1923, I took a 

 male in the garden at Kennre Park, Rush. New to the Dublin 

 district. 



C. (Blepharipus) cetratus Shuck. — I captured a male on ist July, 1923, 

 in Glencree, near the copse wood. The only previous Irish record 

 seems to be Yerbury's for S. Kerry. 



C. {Hoplocrabro) quadrimaculatus F. — Mr. E. O'Mahony brought me 

 four males taken by him at an old tree stump in the demesne at 

 Lucan on 20th July, 1923. In the following month T took several 

 males and a female at the foot of Glenasmoie. running on the leaves 

 of Burdock. 



C. (Physoscelis) clavipes L. — Probably not uncommon in Glenasmoie in 

 August where I took males in 1923 and a female in 1921. 



HYLAEIDAE. 



Hylaeus {Prosopis) minutus Fab. (= brevicornis Nyl.).— Mr. Halbert 

 captured a specimen, now in National Museum, in 1 919 in the Vale 

 of Clara, Co. Wicklov. It has not hitherto been recorded from 

 Ireland. 



H. confusus Nyl. — I have taken this twice in Glencree : a female on 

 1 8th September, 1922, and a male on ist July, 1923. Also in Co. 

 Antrim — a female — on the north shore of L, Neagh near Staffoidslown 

 on 3rd August, 1922. 



