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175. 1st Aug. 1930. As bad a day as ever was! Wind SE, E, to NE & heavy rain all day & next night. Drove to Meeting of the Waters to collect larvae of sawfly seen previously on Hazel leaf, which Dr. Perkins thinks might be [[underlined]] Pteronidea melanochephala [[/underlined]]. (later RCLP said it could not be that! AWS). On 21st June 1931 an ick emerged from one of above which seems to be a [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Eclytus praeclarus [[/underlined]] Schmied., described in Opuscula p 2559 from a single [[male symbol]] [[line across page]] 2nd August 1930 Cleared about noon when wind swing round to SW-W. 12 noon till 4 pm. Sand-dunes & cliffs at Askintinny, S. of Arklow Head, Co. WI. Some sun, heavy shower. [[underlined]] Bombus terrestris [[/underlined]] 1 faded [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] B. lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. hortorum [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. muscurum [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] (2 only), [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. lapidarium [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. derhamellus [[/underlined]] several [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Psithyrus rupestris [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Colletes succinctus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] very fresh (J.F.P.) [[underlined]] C. picistigma [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Hylaeus hyalinata [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] seen. [[underlined]] H. calceatus, albipes, nitidiusculus & punctatissimus [[underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] on [[underlined]] C. arvensis [[/underlined]] & Ragwort. [[underlined]] H. villosulus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Salius exaltatus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Pompilus gibbus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Ceropales maculatus [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] Mellinus arvensis [[/underlined]]. [[end page]] [[start page]] 176. 2.8.30 cont. Arkintinny cont. [[underlined]] Tenthredo arcuata [[/underlined]] About a dozen icks. [[underlined]] Pimpla turionellae [[/underlined]] 2 [[male symbol]], [[strikethrough]] [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] P. "flavicoxa" [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. P. detrita 2 [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] Glypta caratites [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] G. "nigrotrochanterata" [[/underlined]] (long terebra!) 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Acroricnus macrobatus [[/underlined]] 1 large [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Exetastes illusor [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Promethes [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[line across page]] 2.8.30. 4.30 - 5.30 pm. Riverside & railway, 1 mile W. of Arklow, Co. WI. (i.e. at "Bully Lane"). Very sunny. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum, agrorum, hortorum, lapidarius [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. derhamellus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Psithyrus barbutellus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] common on Knapweed. [[underlined]] Andrena denticulata [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] common on Ragwort & Solidago. [[underlined]] A. coitana [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] Nomada rufipes [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] N. obtusifrons [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] . [ [[underlined]] Megachile willaghbiella [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] at 7.30 pm on bramble leaf. George M. Stelpa ] [[underlined]] Salius exaltatus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Gorytes mystaceus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] given to J.F.P. [[right margin]] All specimens taken given to J.F.P. [[/margin]]