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20. 27th July 1941, evening. Warm, wind dropping & many insects out, after a hot sunny day with strong W. breeze. Rode to Clondalkin & up Grand Canal to reach above 3rd lock above Clondalkin bridge, Co. Dublin & collected in 2 places. 1 = waste ground S.E. of canal many opposite small house 1/4 mile above 3rd lock. 2 = near path (above & below same) leading to dairy farm [[strikethrough]] house [[/strikethrough]], 1/2 mile above 3rd lock, chiefly near parallel drain 3 = same place but a little further up (i.e. further SW). [Mounted 28 from 1, 31 from 2, and 9 from 3 & those labelled 24.12.43 et seq. AWS.] Grand Canal, SW. of Clondalkin Bridge 6.45 - 8-45 P.M. Halictus ♂︎♂︎: many swept, all, I think, either calceatus or albipes. [Not a Bombus seen except 1☿ lapidarius] Anteon ♂︎♂︎ frequent at 1 & 2: kept 3 from 1 & 1 from 2. A. ephippium 1♀︎ at 3. Selandria serva 1♀︎ at 3; not kept Tenthredella "sulphuripes"? 1♀︎ only swept at 1: not kept. Phaeogenid? red ♀︎ at 3, ant. 24 = 21. 27.7.41, P.M. Clondalkin, Du., cont. Cryptids frequent, but only a few kept: 4 from 2 & 1 from 3! = Pezomachus instabilis? ♀︎ at 2. P. ♀︎ at 3. Atractodes ♀︎ at 2, ant. 21-seg. Phygadeuon? ♂︎ at 2, ant. 23-seg. Phygadeuonid? gen. et sp.? ♂︎, ant. 27, at 2 = Pezomachus instabilis ♀︎♀︎. P. Stilpnus gagates 1♂︎. Atractodes tenebricosus several. A. 1♀︎. Glypta ceratites 2♀︎♀︎ } none kept. Pimpla flavicornis? 2♂︎♂︎ } none kept. Lissonota cylindrator 1♂︎ } none kept. Zootrephus suspiciosus? ♀︎ at 2. Bassus deletus 1♂︎ at 3. Homocidus pectoratorius 1♂︎: not kept. Stenomacrus sp. n.? near morio: ♀︎ at 2, ant. 25, smooth propodeum on tergite 2. St. clavicornis miki ♂︎, ant. 17 at 2. [St. ventralis not seen for several weeks now! AWS.] Cteniscus aurifluus ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ frequent: not kept. Ipoctonus atomator, orange abd. 1♀︎ at 1 Mesoleius: ♂︎ & ♀︎ at 2, ant. 36 & 37.