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188.) 16th Aug. 1936 A very warm & fine day, though windy (S) at times : much very hot sun: insects [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] active! District between Emo Park & Portarlington, all in Co. QC. 12 noon till 4.30 PM. 1 = Sand pit on [[big?]] road NE. of Emo Park. [[insertion]] Specimens taken at 1, 2 & 3 labelled [[boxed]] N. Emo Park [[/boxed]]; but those taken at 4 kept separate & labelled [[boxed]] Portarlington Co. QC. AWS. 16.8.36 (4). [[/boxed]] [[/insertion]] 2 = Edge of bog, &c just N & W of last. 3 = Sand pit near N. gate of Woodbrook House. 4 = Canal bank from Woodbrook back to Portarlington Ry. Station. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] only one or two seen, [[male symbol]] or [[virgin female symbol]]. [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]], perhaps a couple of dozen seen all day. [[underlined]] B. muscorum [[/underlined]] about a dozen [[2 virgin female symbols]] seen & a couple of [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. deshamellus [[/underlined]] several [[2 virgin female symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] B. sylvarum [[/underlined]] several very worn [[2 virgin female symbols]] seen at 2. [[underlined]] B. lapidarius [[/underlined]] 1 [[virgin female symbol]] certainly seen at 1. [[underlined]] Psithyrus distinctus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] seen at 2. [[underlined]] Andrena marginata [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] frequent at [[scabious?]] at 2, [[2 male symbols]] rarely seen at 1, 2 & 3. [[underlined]] A. fuscipes [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] very abundant at [[underlined]] Calluna [[/underlined]] at 2, some fresh, others quite silvery-white with age: a few [[2 female symbols]] ? [[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus, calceatus, albipes, [[/underlined]] freygessneri, [[underlined]] tumulorum [[/underlined]] certainly seen, [[2 female symbols]] & [[2 male symbols]]. [[end page]] [[start page]] 189.) 16.8.36 cont. Emo Park - Portarlington, QC. cont. [[underlined]] Sphecodes affinis [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] S. monilicornis [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] taken at 1, other of this species or [[underlined]] divisus [[/underlined]] seen. [[underlined]] Colletes succincta [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] at 3, some repeatedly seen on ragwort. [[underlined]] Hylaeus confusus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 1. [[underlined]] Vespa austriaca [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] at 2 & 4; latter on [[underlined]] Angelica [[/underlined]] by canal [[underlined]] V. sylvestris [[/underlined]] 1 [[virgin female symbol]] on [[underlined]] Angelica [[/underlined]] at 4. [[underlined]] V. norvegica [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] on [[underlined]] Angelica [[/underlined]] at 4. [[underlined]] Odynerus sinuatus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] seen at 2 & 4, on [[underlined]] Angelica [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] Crabro cavifrons, chrysostomus, vagus, varius, & clavipes [[/underlined]] seen at 2, 3 & 4. [[underlined]] C. podagricus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] common at 1 & often by sweeping amongst carrot. [[underlined]] Mellinus arvensis [[/underlined]], a few at 3 & 4. [[underlined]] Chrysis ignita [[/underlined]] 1 seen on [[underlined]] Angelica [[/underlined]] at 2. [[underlined]] Bethylus cephalotes [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] swept at 1 [[or?]] 2 & another [[female symbol]] at 4. [[underlined]] Athalia [[/underlined]] spp. seen. [[underlined]] Tenthredo [[arcuata?]] [[/underlined]] very common at 1, 3 & 4 [[underlined]] Tenthredella moniliata [[/underlined]] 2 fine [[2 female symbols]] at 4 (one on [[underlined]] Angelica [[/underlined]] !) Small sp [[insertion]] = very small [[female symbol]] of [[underlined]] Scolioneura betuleti [[/underlined]] ? [[/insertion]] : taken flying over [[underlined]] Calluna [[/underlined]] at 2.