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155. 28th July 1940. A very fine day, sun & cloud, NW-W breeze, no showers; after several days of thunder & heavy showers. Drove to Glen of Imaal, via Donard, Co. WI. Stopped for a few minutes in overflow-channel above Donard but nothing of interest seen, though some nice Salix aurita scrub by roadside. 1 = Collected by sweeping under beech, &c., trees 1/2 mile E. of Ballinaclea Ho., as station 1 on 21.7.40. 12 noon-1.30 2 = After lunch collected in birch & alder plantation near Leitrim Barracks! W. of road from Knickeen to R. Slaney, = station 4 of 20.7.40. 2.0 till 2.30 P.M. 3 = Later walked across (E) moor to road from Knickeen to ford & Coan: collected some here & there, but chiefly by Loch Brook, just above junction with Slaney 2.30-4.30 4 = After tea swept birch & alder plantation E of road, opposite station 2 - near Leitrim Barracks - same as station 5 of 21-7.40. 5 till 6.10 P.M. [32 from 1 mounted, 14 from 2, 20 from 3, & 39 from 4 & these labelled 1-2.1943 et seq. A.W.S.] Bombus agrorum Bombus lucorum many ♂♂ seen "on their rounds". Mellinus arvensis frequent. Halictus calceatus ♂♂ on Cardus arvensis flowers at 3. Vespa rufa seen at 3. Myrmica spp. Many winged ♂♂ & ♀♀ seen, but not examined. 156. 28.7.40, cont. Glen of Imaal, WI., cont. Formica fusca ♂♂ swept at 1 & 2. Anteon sp. A large ♂ at 1. = Anteon or Aphelopus? Small ♂ at 2. = Caliroa annulipes? 1 at 4. Eurylabus torvus ♂ at 4. Platylabus rufus, dark var., 1 ♀ at 4. Mevesia arguta? ♂ at 1. Dicaclotus ♂ not kept. Epitomus pygmaeus ♂♂. Plectocryptus tarsalis 1 ♂ at 3. Stilpnus blandus? not kept Exolytus ♂ n.k. Leptocryptus aereus not kept. L. [[?tenev]]? ♂ at 3. Cremnodes atricapillus ♀ at 1. Pezomachus sp. ♂ at 1 & P. sp. ♂ at 4. Pimpla turionellae group ♂♂ & ♀♀, none kept. P. pomorum 1 ♀ at 1 P. sp.? ♀ at 1, runs to caolbata, but only 3 mm. long, with long near 2.5 mm; brown (immature ?) abdomen, fuscous & white hind tibiae = cf sp. K. J.F.P. P. sp. ♂ at 1, with hind tibiae coloured like last, dark (mature) elongate, abdomen. =