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171.) 28th July 1930. A wild day after a fine night. Heavy misty rain from 11 AM till 1 pm : afternoon with terrific showers & fine intervals but wind (SE-S) so strong that little or nothing out. 2.30 till 4 pm. Sandhills at Kilgorman, WX [[underlined]] Bombus terrestris [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & 1 fresh [[virgin female symobls]] Carduus arvensis. [[underlined]] B. lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] lapidorius [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] Psithrys barbatellus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Colletes picistigma [[/underlined]] a few seen. [[underlined]] Salius exaltatus [[/underlined]] seen on Wild Carrot. [[underlined]] Pompilus plumbeus [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] Ceropales maculalus [[/underlined]] a few each seen. About a dozen icks taken by stream behind dunes [[underlined]] Exetastes illusor [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Cremastus geminus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]. Exolytus laevigatus ?? [[male symbol]]. Also a wonderful Proctotrypid with dark fore wings which I thought came from near Inch (neat station) but was amongst above when labelled. AWS Dec. 1930. [[line across page]] 28.7.30. 4.30 pm. A few specimens taken on carrot at railway bridge 1 mile S. of Inch station. [[underlined]] Athalia lineolata [[/underlined]] [[end page]] [[start page]] (172. 29th July 1930. Almost a wet day so frequent were the heavy showers & though hot sun between these no collecting was possible. Took a fresh [[female symbol]] of [[underlined]] Bombus derhamellus [[/underlined]] in brickfields behind "Merton", Arklow, WI. on [[underlined]] Ajuga reptans [[/underlined]]. [[line across page]] 30th July 1930. A showery day, with fine hot saw between. With J. F. Perkins! Drove via Carnew to Kilcarry Bridge, Co. CW., then to Scarawalsh Bridge & Clone sandpit, Co. WX; then home. Stopped beyond Cranford [[insertion]] ^ Co. WX. [[/insertion]] to look for sawfly larvae but none seen. Two [[underlined]] Crabros [[/underlined]] taken by J.F.P. on Angelica ? [[underlined]] C. chrysostomus [[/underlined]] 12.30 - 3.30 PM Kilcarry Bridge, Co. CW. [[underlined]] Bombus derhamellus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Andrena rosae [[/underlined]] 1 very fresh [[male symbol]] (2nd brood) on [[underlined]] Carduus arvensis [[/underlined]]. at top of field N. of road, W. of bridge. [[underlined]] A. denticulata [[/underlined]] 1 fresh [[male sybmol]]. [[underlined]] A. coitana [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] A. minutala [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] (2nd brood) ? [[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus, calceatus albipes, tumulorum [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] H. rubicundus, villonulus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbol]], also fresh [[underlined]] tumulorum [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Nomada rufipes [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]].