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147. 9th June 1943. A very hot & sunny day - the second in succession! Garden, 14 Clareville Rd., Harolds Cross, DU. Bombus distinguendus ♀︎ again seen at Snapdragons in evening B. hortorum ☿☿. Vespa germanica & v. rufa ♀︎♀︎ in garden as usual for some weeks. Crabros as usual. Megachile versicolor ♀︎ at flowers of Solidago & ♂︎ seen on previous day. Exothecus incestus √ ♀︎ on Sycamore leaf under birch tree. Mesochorus ♂︎, ant. broken. Campoplex, ant. at black currants 148. 10th June 1943. What should have been a perfect day spoiled by jam along coast, where wind strong & east, while inland wind SW & very warm & soft, after a dull warm morning. Took 10.15 bus to Malahide & went by ferry to The Island, where stayed till 5 P.M. & left by 5.20 buss: home at 6.15. Some misty rain on way to Malahide but not enough to prevent sweeping & so was able to collect till 3 P.M. when thick drizzle wet everything & brought out all the snails. Swept along estuary side of peninsula from Golf Club House to point half-way to Portrane and where had lunch at 1 P.M. After lunch swept a little more there & then struck seaward across links to the high dunes, where had just started to collect when drizzle made further collecting impossible. On way back took a few beetles under sea-weed along estuary but no sign of hymenoptera with them. No sun the entire time we were on The Island & the only aculeates seen were bumbles or the few swept.