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[[circled]] 157. [[/circled]] [[underlined]] Monday 20th April 1925.[[/underlined]] A glorious sunny day! [[underlined]] Kilkenny [[/underlined]] : took early train to Bennett's Bridge & worked to Kilkenny via river (left bank) railway & road. Loci worked were. [[circled]] 1 [[/circled]]. River bank from Bennett's Bridge to 2 [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]]. Channel from river to railway bridge [[circled]] 3 [[/circled]] Railway cutting 1/2 mile N. of where Carlow line joins Waterford line. [[circled]] 4 [[/circled]] Quarry by railway just N. of junction [[circled]] 5 [[/circled]] A primrose - covered bank in field east of railway : very hot spot! [[underlined]] Myrmica ruginodis [[/underlined]] Common. " [[Ditto for: Myrmica]] [[underlined]] laevinodis [[/underlined]] at 4. [[underlined]] Lasius niger [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] flavus [[/underlined]]. Both common. No other ants seen! No [[underlined]] F. fusca [[/underlined]] !! [[underlined]] Salius juscus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] apparently common : at 2, 3, 4 & 5. [[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus [[/underlined]] At 2 & 3. [[2 female symbols]] of course! " [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] freygessneri [[/underlined]] or albipes. 1 [[female symbol]] (small) at 3. " [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] nitidiusculus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at [[strikethrough]] 2 [[/strikethrough]] 2 & 3. " [[Ditto for: Halictus]] " [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] tumulorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at 2. " [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] leucopus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 2. [[end page]] [[start page]] (158. [[underlined]] Andrena albicans [[/underlined]] abundant at 2 & 3. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] jacobi [[/underlined]] a few [[male symbol]] & 1 [[female symbol]] at 3. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] nigroaenea. At 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. On Celandine, Dandelion. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] fulva [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]], 3 [[2 female symbols]] [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] R.C.L.P. [[/underlined]] on Dandelion along railway at 3, i.e. S.E. of Maddockstown. Only previously known from Ireland by a single unlocalized specimen from T.C.D. coll. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] praecox [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & 2 [[2 female symbols]] at 2 & 4. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] minutula [[/underlined]] - R.C.L.P. 1st brook [[2 male symbols]] & [[female symbol]] at 3 " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] subopaca [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] R.C.L.P. at 3. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] gqynana [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] seen at 2 & 4, [[female symbol]] taken at 4. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum & terrestris [[/underlined]] " [[Ditto for: Bombus]] [[underlined]] agrorum [[/underlined]] " [[Ditto for: Bombus]] [[underlined]] deshamellus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen 3. [[underlined]] Nomada [[/underlined]] (? [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] goodeniana [[/underlined]] seen at 4. [[underlined]] [[Dolerius?]] [[/underlined]] ? [[strikethrough]] sp. ? [[/strikethrough]] nigratus ? [[male symbol]] Kept R.C.L.P. [[male symbol]] Flying over [[whins?]] at 2. [[line]] Kilkeway, quarries 1 mile south of on right bank of R. hore. Coll. by R.A. Phillips [[strikethrough]] on [[/striekthrough]] 21/4/25. [[underlined]] Halictus nitidiusculus [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] tumulorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] Andrena nigroaenea [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] & [[underlined]] jacobi [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] Also Hemipteron: [[underlined]] Sehirus luctuosus [[/underlined]] (= [[underlined]] morio [[/underlined]]) new to Ireland! [[checkmark]] [[line]] Kilbarrack, Co. Dublin, E. O'Mahony. 21/4/25 [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Dolerus nigratus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] swept in marshy field! var. intermediate between [[underlined]] nigratus [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] rugulorus [[/underlined]]. [[checkmark]] R.C.L.P.
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Checked most species names but any I can't work out are in [[?]] including [[Dolerius?]] -@siobhanleachman