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36. 2.5.40, cont. Deputy's Pass, &c. Co. WI., cont. Dolerus oblongus 2♂︎♂︎ at 1. D. leogaster 1♀︎ swept off Salix blossom & yellow with pollen, at 1 (not recognized as a Dolerus owing to pollen!) Blennocampa subcana √ R B Benson, 11.3.43. Watched apparently egg-laying on leaf of Potentilla sp. in sand pit by road at 1. Black sp. at 2: Allantus pallipes ♀︎ at 1. Pontania? of sp.? 2♀︎♀︎, presumably on willows at 1, but exact loc. forgotten : one of these is very large for this genus! A.W.S 4/10/42. R.B. Benson returned these with letter of 11.3 43 & said (1) = "Potania sp. ?, sawsheath damaged" = "Pristiphora laricis" 3rd May 1940. 6 ♀ Hemiteles pedestris, taken to E. O'Mahony at St. Anne's, Clontarf, Co. DU. 37. 5th May 1940. A hot drizzly day, after a beautiful morning. On duty in Museum in aft. but in forenoon drove to R. Canal above Leixlip & spent 1 1/2 hours on rt. bank of the Rye Water for 200 yards above aqueduct. Collecting disappointing: too early in day?. 11 till 12:15 noon. Rye Water, above R. Canal aqueduct, Leixlip Co. KD. Only 9 mounted & these labelled 6/10/42! A.W.S. B. terrestris 1♀︎ seen & George also reported one B. lucorum ♀︎♀︎ seen B. agrorum & lapidarius ♀︎♀︎. B. muscorum 1♀︎ seen by George. Andrena albicans ♂︎♂︎ seen. Nomada goodeniana seen. Vespa rufa ♀︎♀︎ V. vulgaris ♀︎ seen Tomostellus luteiventris ♀︎♀︎ swept in wood. Pristiphora ruficornis ♂︎ swept off hawthorn (not yet in flower) Epitomus pygmaeus 1♀︎, not mtd. Cryptus tarsoleucus?: black sp., white socks, 1♂︎.