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in Haliday's MS. list of Irish insects but does not bear his personal 

 mark of verification. The specimens referred to almost certainly 

 come from either the Tardy or Furlong collections. Neither sources 

 are absolutely trustworthy when it comes to the matter of locality 

 of capture, 



A. thoracica F. — The specimen referred to in Freke's list from Armagh 

 is a female A. nitida ; the present species has not, I think, been 

 taken in Ireland. 



A. cineraria L. — Common in the upper part of Glenasmole in May, 1922. 

 Also taken by me above the Devil's Glen on 4th June, 192 1 ; in the 

 Rocky Valley on 30th Ma}^ 1922 ; at Knockmaroon on 20th May, 

 1923 ; and on 29th July, 1923 I captured a female at Kilmalin above 

 Enniskerry — a very late date for this species. New to the Dublin 

 * district. 



A. angustior K. — On 30th May, 1922, I took several males and one female 

 in the Rocky Valley, where they were flying mixed with the common 

 A . fucata and not recognised till I got home. Not previously taken 

 in Ireland. 



A. jacobi Perkins {=trinimerana Saunders et auct.).— In his work on the 

 British Aculeates Saunders included under the name " Andrena 

 rosae " the present single-brooded species and the two double-brooded 

 species A . rosae Pz. and A . spinigera K. Of these three the present, 

 A. jacobi, is very common in the Dublin district and apparently 

 widespread in Ireland generally. A. spinigera has not been taken 

 at all, while A. rosae is apparently rare and local {see below). 



A. rosae Pz. — Dr. Perkins reports having seen a specimen captured by 

 Rev. W. F. Johnson, presumably in Co. Armagh. Freke captured 

 and recognised a female of the second brood at Borris, Co. Carlow, 

 on 19th July, 1896, which is now in the National Museum. 



A. lapponica Zett. — On 6th May, 1923, I took males (abundant) and 

 fresh females (a few) in the old quarries at Sandyford and subsequently 

 for about a month. I also captured females at The Scalp on 13th 

 May, 1923 ; in the Deerpark at Powerscourt on 21st May, 1923 ; and 

 in Glencree on ist July, 1923. The last specimen had the pollinia 

 of an orchid sticldng to its face : it was very worn. Only once 

 previously recorded for Ireland, namely, from Co. Armagh, by Rev. 

 W. F. Johnson. 



A. helvola L. — Freke's record for this species is erroneous. The specimen 

 from Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin, is a female A. fucata. A. helvola 

 has not been taken in Ireland. 



A. clarkella K. — On 8th May, 1922, my wife captured a female entering 

 a burrow in a bank near the foot of Glenasmole, while in April, 1923, 

 I secured a male and numerous females near the upper end of the 

 glen at Willows. Apparently only previously recorded for Co. Armagh. 



A. f ulva Schr. — There is a female on a green-headed pin from the Trinity 

 College Collection, now in the National Museum, probably from 

 Tardy's collection originally ; but I much doubt if the species really 

 occurs in Ireland. 



