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200) 11th July 1928. A very hot (moist) day with a great deal of sun; but a hot soft wind (almost a gale). Drove to Arklow, via Rathdrum, Co. WI, where I picked up Palmer & took him & Lisney on to Kilgorman, Co. WX, to see & photo. upright form of [[underlined]] Convolvulus soldanella [[/underlined]] Spent 2 hours [[insertion]] ^ [[underlined]] Right bank of Avonmore [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] at Avondale Footbridge, Rathdrum, WI. between 11 AM & 1 PM. Where I saw [[underlined]] Bombus lapidarius [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbol]] a few [[underlined]] Andrena fucata [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] worn. [[underlined]] A. coitana [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] A. minutula [[/underlined]] 2nd brood, [[2 female symbols]] seen? [[underlined]] Halictus albipes [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] freygessneri [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] H. rubicundus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] H. leucopus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen. Sphecodes [[female symbol]] on stump below bridge. [[underlined]] Nomada nuficornis [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. Vespa vulgaris [[2 virgin female symbols]] common [[underlined]] Odynerus 3-farciatus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]], nesting in hole in post at bridge gate. [[underlined]] Megachile willughbiella [[/underlined]] 1 very fresh [[female symbol]] on foot bridge : intermediate var. [[underlined]] Selandria stramineipes [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. [[underlined]] Sirex gigas [[/underlined]], small [[female symbol]] flying round stump. [[underlined]] Ischnocereus filicornis [[/underlined]] large [[female symbol]] on elder bush at bridge. Cryptid [[female symbol]] on large stump at bridge. [[end page]] [[start page]] (201. Rathdrum cont. 11.7.28. [[underlined]] Crabro capitosus [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]] & others, seen nesting in pith of broken elder bush stems at gate on to footbridge. [[underlined]] C. IV-maculatus [[/undelrined]] many small [[2 male symbols]], mostly black, on elder bush &c. at footbridge. [[underlined]] C. varius [[/underlined]] at stumps & sand bank. [[line across page]] Nothing seen at Kilgorman worth noting: too windy! [[strikethrough]] [[line across page]] but usual small icks &c. [[/strikethrough]] but a big & one specimen of Aphidius pterocormae? swept off [[underlined]] Salix repens [[/underlined]]. [[line across page]]