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268. 6th August 1939. After three fine days with E. wind & a perfect morning, wind turned W. causing an intermittent drizzle, very slight, but enough to wet the vegetation, already soaking after a heavy night's dew. Drove to Trim, but found vegetation along Boyne too dewy to sweep, so then drove S. on Bray Hill, to Summerhill, Agher & on to Royal Canal at Ferns Lock, Co. ME., where collected for an hour & had lunch. Drizzle getting heavier & heavier all the time. So left & drove via Donadea & Prosperous to Grand Canal at Landerstown H. (as on 4/8/39!) & swept edge of canal & parallel drain S. of same, both E. & W. of lock, for a couple of hours, but heavy drizzle at times made everything very wet in open. N. bank of Royal Canal, W. of Ferns Lock, Co. ME. 1 till 2 P.M. (All swept along edge of canal) (14 specimens labelled 17/2/42! AWS) Bombus lucorum, agrorum, nuscorum (1), derhamellus (2♂♂), lapidarius (☿☿ & 1♂) & hortorum seen. Psithyrus barbutellus seen. Halictus calceatus fresh ♂♂ very common sweeping. 269. 6.8.39 cont. R. Canal, Fern's Lock, cont. (ME). Crabro vagus 1♂ on Angelica by canal. Tenthredo moniliata Microcryptus?? 1 red ♂. Pimpla similis? 1 smallish ♀. Mesoleid, large red ♂, black hind femora = ♂ like a Tryphon but genus & sp.?: put in box with Tryphon. Promethes sulcator, pulchellus, dorsalis & cognatus: all examined. Thersilochus? 1♂, ant. 22-seg. Bracon cf. fraudator 1♂ (ant. 29), 1♀ (ant.) 26. Proctos 4. = Dacnusa longiradialis, areolis & maculipes: all examined & not kept Dacnusa marginata Hop. (= limbata P2) frequent & ♂ & ♀ taken in [[?cup]], kept & mounted.