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245. 29th July 1943. A very nice day, with much very hot sun, SE breeze after a dull morning & two very hot days with W. wind & some drizzle on 27th. Went by 11 AM bus to Rogerstown & worked dune towards Rush, Co. DU., &c. Came home by bus ca. 5.35 (from Rush). Collected in 3 places:- 1 = dunes 1/4 mile NE. of Rogerstown Quay [where Helix pisana was a nuisance in the net & made sweeping almost impossible along sea margin, less so "inland" amongst small fallow fields, &c.] 2 = small area of salt-marsh between road to Quay & H.W. Mark. 3 = roadside & swampy field E. of road between 2 & old mill on Rush-Lusk road [where waited for bus!]. Rogerstown - Rush, Co. DU. Bombus terrestris very fresh ♂︎♂︎ seen at 1. B. lucorum ☿☿ seen but rare } all at 1 B. hortorum ☿ seen. } all at 1 B. distinguendus several ☿☿ } all at 1 246. 29.7.43, cont. Rogerstown - Rush, DU., cont. Bombus muscorum } a few of each seen at 3. B. agrorum } a few of each seen at 3. B. lapidarius ☿☿ frequent at 1; also many fresh ♂︎♂︎. Psithyrus rupestris ♀︎ seen at 1 P. distinctus ♂︎♂︎ at 1 Colletes picistigma ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎ at 1 Crabro wesmaeli & ♂︎ palmipes examined at 1 Pompilus [gibbus no doubt!] 3♀︎♀︎ with spiders on sea-edge of dunes at 1, during lunch P. rufipes a warm ♀︎ on wild carrot at 1 Taken at 1. [33 taken at, including some of above, & these labelled 17.11.45.] Anteon ♂︎. Anteon ♂︎, smaller. Ichneumon insidiosus W.? ♂︎, short, 36-seg. antennae. Melanichneumon perscrutator ♂︎, ant. 42. Tricholabus strigatorius √ ♂︎, ant. 46. Cryptinids 4: only 1 mtd. = Atractodes or Exolytus small red ♂︎, ant. 21 = Pimpla brevicornis ♀︎: not mtd. Glypta bifoveolata?? ♂︎, ant. 34, var. with dark hind legs.