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came on and dispersed all bees. 
The little Halictus was resting on the face of a cutting in the sand. 
If you visit the place please examine a couple of old pits overgrown with brambles.  There are some very large burrows in them but it was too cloudy when I was there for the insects to come out. 
I got here last night but this has been a very wet day here and I am leaving tomorrow morning.
There is a large colony of bees on the wall of the Wexford bridge, on the sand-pit end, as on Scarawalsh Bridge!
The specimen of [[underlined]] Megachile centuncularis [[/underlined]] was taken flying along the stones of the mud-capped fence by the

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roadside at Enniscorthy, the earth on top of the fence is almost "honey-combed" by a great colony of bees.
The enclosed few insects were all taken after 8 P.M. on the evenings mentioned!
Glad to hear that you had a good day in the Deputy's Pass.
With kind regards to all
Yours sincerely
R.A. Phillips

Transcription Notes:
@siobhanleachman - Made one minor edit - it's R.A. Phillips. See https://www.ria.ie/library/ra-phillips-papers Have reviewed, checked locations & species. Good to complete to me! I changed "curring" to "cutting" in the third line of the 1st page.-thomas