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32. 2nd August 1941. A fine day with much sun, warm. Evening & midday. Garden, 14 Clareville Rd, Harold's X, DU. Bombus distinguendus: again saw one large ☿, which flew across Ellis's garden. B. jonellus 1 fresh ♂︎ on lavender on this & previous eve. B. lapidarius ☿☿ & 1♂︎. B. agrorum ☿☿. B. lucorum ♂︎♂︎. B. terrestris ♂︎♂︎. Megachile willoughbiella 1♂︎ seen at Campanula. M. versicolor 1♀︎ heavily laden with yellow pollen but yet working assiduously at Kanpweed flowers presumably for nectar. Chrysis ignita. Helorus - one caught with left hand on birch leaf at 2 P.M., which I thought was a queen aculeate. Possibly another on same tree at same time. Agrypon ♀︎ [2.8.41. Taken by E. O'Mahony at Portmarnock (P't'M'K!), Co. DU. Perilitus aethiops? ♀︎. Procto. 33. 3rd August 1941. After a cool misty morning, a fine warm day with SW-W wind, much sun & no rain till 7.0 P.M., when a heavy line-squall passed across whole county from WNW. Rode to Royal Canal at Leixlip Station, Co. KD. Worked 3 areas:- 1 = slope from road to Rye Water, NW. of canal 2 = slope N. of canal, drain & edge of corn field 200-300 yards W. of Maynooth road. 3 = walled in plantation N. of canal, by tow-path 1/2 mile W. of above road, as on previous dates. Insects very rare, except the Bumble Bees! Mounted 42 from 1, 30 from 2, & 52 from 3, & these labelled 2/1/44 et seq.! A.W.S. Bombus sylvarum Many ☿☿ (& I think several ♂︎♂︎ seen) at 2 on Knapweed, Scabious, Ononis, &c. The first time I have seen this bumble-bee in this district. B. lucorum ☿☿ & ♂︎♂︎. B. muscorum ☿☿ common at 1 & 2. B. hortorum ☿☿ at 2. B. agrorum ☿☿ rare at 2. B. derhamellus 1♂︎ seen at 2. B. lapidarius ☿☿ & ♂︎♂︎ common at 1 & 2. Psithyrus rupestris 1♂︎ seen at 1 P. distinctus ♂︎♂︎ at 2.