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65. MAYO TRIP. Sept. 1941. Left Dublin by 8.0 A.M. train on 30th Aug. & arrived at Westport at 2.30 P.M. A most beautiful day, nearly all sunny after a misty morning, with hardly a breath of wind. Rode on cycles from Westport to Old Head Hotel (where stayed) & spent afternoon on journey. Stopped to collect aculeates, &c., where road runs beside shore, west of Killadangan & had tea on shore, then rode on to Old Head. Roadside & field by shore, Killadangan, Co. W.M. Bombus lapidarius ☿☿ seen. Halictus rubicundus ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎. H. calceatus ♂︎ seen. H. albipes ♂︎. [H. punctatissimus? ♂︎♂︎ seen, almost certainly this sp.] Sphecodes divisus √ 1♂︎. Sph. affinis ✓ 1♂︎, 1♀︎, others seen. Crabro palmipes? ♀︎ : mesonotum I think too polished for C. varius. AWS. 1944. Mellinus arvensis ♀︎♀︎. Salius exaltatus? ♀︎ seen.
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