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323. 5th July 1946. A fine day, with strong S.W. wind & showers but only slight skiffs where we were. Left home in car, George being on leave, at 10 AM & drove via Wicklow & Magheramore to Brittas Bay: went as far as where old road blocked by sand behind Mizen Head & there left car at 12 noon & walked S. to Buckroney dunes. Collected in Buckroney dunes, round lagoon & by outlet of marsh & along eastern edge of marsh itself before & after lunch. Left for home at 5 P.M. & home a few minutes before 7 P.M. after a very pleasant day - the car being now just over 20 years old and me 62-63! Did not look for Aculeates, but some swept, likewise a few sawflies. As only one sucker with me it is not possible to say which came from dunes & which from marsh, &c. Buckroney, S. of Brittas Bay, Co. WI. Colletes picistigma ♂︎ Crabro wesmaeli Pompilus plumbeus ♀︎. Ceropales maculatus ♂︎. Hedycridium ardens 4, swept off Euphorbia Anteon spp. 2♂︎♂︎ = 324. 5.7.46, cont. Buckroney dunes & lagoon, S. of Brittas Bay, Co. WI., cont. Dicondylus sp. ♂︎ (= Labeo sp.) = Selandria serva ♂︎ & ♀︎, on edge of lagoon: not mtd. Pristiphora fulvipes 1♀︎. Pteronidea myosotidis 1♀︎. Platylabus dimidiatus 1♀︎, ant. 35. Cryptinids 22, including Idiolispa analis ♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎; none mtd. Atractodes sp. ♂︎, ant. 24; Hemiteles spp. 4♂︎♂︎, ant. 21, 21, 24 & broken including H. aperta (ant. broken) Phygadeum sp. ♀︎, ant. 18; & ? ♂︎, ant. 21. Hemiteles? sp.? ♀︎, ant. 21 Pezomachus instabilis? ♀︎, ant. 20. Lissonota parallela ♂︎♂︎.} none mtd. L. black ♂︎} none mtd. Glypta monoceros ♀︎.} none mtd. Polyblastus? sp. 1♂︎ (?), ant. 29. Promethes sulcator ♀︎: the only Bassid seen: not mtd. Mesoleptus cf. prosoleucus? 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 41 & 43. Cteniscus aurifluus ♂︎, ant. 31. Mesoleius sp. ♀︎, ant. 38. Stenomacrus cf. pallipes? ♂︎, ant. 23.