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328. 9th July 1941. A very fine day, nearly all hot & sunny with strong SW wind, after a wet day on 7th (the first rainy day for a long time) & a fine day on 8th. Insects very scarce in morning & only a few hymenoptera out in afternoon. Rode to Leixlip, KD, and arrived at canal at 11:30 AM. Swept slope from bridge to Rye Water on W. side of canal (= 1) before lunch, 11:30 till 1:0. Later went west along canal for a mile & swept side of same & along tow path especially where widest & under trees (=2 ); then climbed into walled plantation & swept under trees inside same (= 3): only at 3 were insects at all common. Royal Canal E & W of main road at Leixlip station, Co. KD. [On return journey saw two Painted Ladies (V. cardui) on road, one coming up hill from Lucan & the other coming up hill from Clondalkin.] Bombus muscorum ☿☿ & ♀︎ seen at 1, but I do not think I saw a single Bombus other than this, nor did I see any other bees. [45 specimens from 1 mounted & these labelled "Rye Water"; 25 from 2 & 34 from 3, & these labelled "R. Canal". A.W.S. et seq.] 329. 9.7.41, cont. Leixlip, KD., cont. Crabro clavipes 3♂︎♂︎ swept at 3: one carded. Spilomena troglodytes 1♀︎ swept at 3 [No Ranuncus flammula but some along canal! R. [[?]] Elampus auratus 1 swept off vegetation growing out of water at 2. Dryinids. 5 or 6 = Anteon ephippinus ♀︎ at 2, 2♀︎♀︎ & possibly ♂︎ at 3. Anteon ♂︎ at 1. Bethylus cephalotes & fulvicornis 1♀︎ of each at 1. Sawfly: Selandria flavens ♂︎ at 1. Centeterus? 1♂︎ at 1 = [No other Vol. 1 icks seen] Cryptids: about a dozen: few kept. Stilpnus gagates 3♂︎♂︎ at 3: not kept S. red ♀︎: not kept. Phygadeuon? ♀︎ at 3. Pezomachus 1♀︎ at 1. Hemiteles? ♂︎ at 1. Microcryptus cf. graminicola? ♀︎ at 1. M.? ♂︎ at 1, with clouded wings = Acrodactyla degener 1♀︎ at 1: not kept. Pimpla spuria √ 1♀︎ at 1. P. melanocrias Perkins ♂︎ at 2. P. depositor 1♀︎ at 3. Phytodiactus 1♀︎ at 3 Glypta rostrata 1 very red ♂︎ at 1: not kept.