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162) 22nd. April 1935. The best day for some time & considerable sun in morning & about midday & early afternoon; but a heavy downpour which lasted half an hour in forenoon spoiled collecting. Took train to Kilkenny, with Allen & Palmer, to see [[underlined]] Andrena fulva [[/underlined]], where I had taken in on 20th April 1925, but none seen during the day & in fact few bees except [[2 male symbols]] of [[underlined]] And. albicans [[/underlined]]. Kilkenny district, all Co. KK. 1 = railway banks from stream & bridge 1 1/2 miles SE. of Kilkenny station to junction of Carlow & Thomastown lines. 2 = old quarry on west side of railway just N. of said junction 3 = right bank of R. Nore & quarries on same about 1 mile below Kilkenny bridge. [[underlined]] Bombus lapidarius [[/underlined]] several [[2 female symbols]] at 1. [[underlined]] B. terrestris [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]] seen at 1 [Palmer]. [[underlined]] B. hortorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] in Cowslip at 1 [AWS]. [[underlined]] B. derhamellus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] frequent at 1, also 1 seen in quarry at 3. [[end page]] [[start page]] 163.) 22/4/35 cont. Kilkenny district, cont. [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] a few [[2 female symbols]] at 1. [[underlined]] B. muscorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] seen [AWS & Allen!]. [[underlined]] B. sylvarum [[/underlined]] 1 beautiful fresh [[female symbol]] taken by Allen at 1, about 1/4 mile N of junction. [No [[underlined]] B. lucorum [[/underlined]] seen by party all day!] [[underlined]] Anrena albicans [[/underlined]], [[2 male symbols]] in hundreds & all fresh, except those semi-drowned on [[underlined]] Taraxacum [[/underlined]] by shower; very few [[2 female symbols]] seen & these fresh out & not yet working; [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] in cop. [[/underlined]] on dead stick at 1. ^ [[insertion]] [[2 male symbols]] [[/insertion]] Also at 2 & 3. [[underlined]] A. nigroaenea [[/underlined]] faded [[2 male symbols]] at 1, 2 & 3, several [[2 female symbols]], only at 1. [[underlined]] A. jacobi [[/underlined]] a few fresh [[2 male symbols]] at 1, 2 & 3. [[underlined]] No [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen! [[underlined]] A. gwynana [[/underlined]] 1 faded [[male symbol]], several vry fresh [[2 female symbols]] at 1. [[underlined]] A. wilkella [[/underlined]] 1 stylopized [[female symbol]], [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] fresh at 2. [[underlined]] Halictus albipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 1. [[underlined]] H. freygessneri [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]] at 1. [[underlined]] H. nitidiusculus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 3 (Allen). [[underlined]] Nomada bifida [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] (Allen). [[underlined]] N. marshamella [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]] at blackthorn at 1. [[underlined]] N. goodeniana [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & 1 [[female symbol]] at 2. [[underlined]] Salius fuscus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] abundant at 1, only one or two [[2 female symbols]] seen. [ [[underlined]] Dolerus [[/underlined]] (sp. like [[underlined]] aeneus [[/underlined]]) one seen flying at 1.] [[underlined]] Pimpla instigator [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] at 1 & several other icks. all at 1. Hemiteles or ? 2 spp. 3 small red [[2 male symbols]]. Thersilochus? 1 [[male symbol]] Angitia? 2 sp 1 [[male symbol]] & 1 [[female symbol]] P.T.O.