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On 21.2.26 I obtained numerous [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] pupae [[/strikethrough]] [[/underlined]] cocoons of a fossor from a rotten log at foot of Altidore Glen, Co. WI.
Also cocoon of an inchneumonid, from a stump containing the dead remains of several specimens [[underlined]] Ichnocerus [[strikethrough]] rusticus [[/strikethrough]] filicornis [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] the cocoons were placed upright & packed close together like [[strikethrough]] organ-pipes [[/strikethrough]] cigarettes & numbered about six all told: many larvae & dead images of [[underlined]] Rhagium bifasciatum [[/underlined]] were also in the stump, which was I think pine.
[[underlined]] Lasius fuscus [[/underlined]] seen active at top of glen: mild, wet day. [[checkmark]]
(Willows just coming out at Shankill station, DU.).

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20.2.'26. A. A. Lisney reports that a "Bumble Bee" was seen at Shankill, on flowers of Laurestinus, on this date & another a few days later. Probably [[underlined]] B. lucorum. [[/underlined]]
24.2.'26. [[underlined]] B. lucorum [[/underlined]] (?) seen by M. D. S. at Mayfield!
NB. The previous fortnight had been very mild with misty rain & then some hot sunny bursts! [[checkmark]]

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28.2.'26 J. P. Branken reports willows out in Glen of the Downs (at lower end)!

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28.2.'26 Taken by R. A. Phillips at Portumna, S. Galway.
[[underlined]] Ichneumon sarcitorius [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. Ichneumon sp gracilentus [[female symbol]]
[[underlined]] Chasmias motatorius [[/underlined]] 2 [[female symbol]] Phaeoporus ? sp? 1 [[female symbol]]
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28.2.'26. A. A. Lisney reported bees (? [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Andrena apicata [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] praecox [[/underlined]]) common on roadside at Shankill, Co. Du. on this date.

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7.3.'26. West by train due [[underlined]] Woodenbridge, Co. WI. [[/underlined]] at 11.15 AM. Many willows out at Greystones, Newcastle & other places along the line!
Half-an-hour's run, at intervals, after arrival at Woodenbridge.
[[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]]: more than a dozen [[2 female symbols]] seen, mostly at willows ([[underlined]] S. Capra [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] cinerea [[/underlined]] out) at foot of Gold Lines Valley.
[[underlined]] Apis mellipica [[/underlined]] at a [[male symbol]] [[checkmark]] willow overhanging river.
[[underlined]] Andrena [[/underlined]] sp.!! Several [[2 male symbols]], with thorax as red looking as of [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] A. albicans [[/underlined]] on same willow as last : foot of Gold Mines Valley, just above its junction with Monyglogh Valley! I think these can only have been [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] albicans [[/underlined]] but have never seen [[underlined]] albicans [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] so reddish!
I was unable to catch any & the sun going in we had misty rain for rest of day.
Very likely ground here for July August!

NB. Near summit of Croghaun, A. A. Lisney found a dead but still warm adult Kittywake!
In hollow (tunnelled) [[underlined]] Salix caprea [[/underlined]] branch I found a large black [[female symbol]] [[insertion]] [[female symbol]] of [[underlined]] Ichneumon ([[underlined]] Chasmodes? [[/underlined]])lugens [[/underlined]] taken in Salix caprea in Gold Mines Valley, hibernating in boring of some larvae. Lived in captivity in museum till 28.5.1926 when it was found dead. Refused to parasitize larvae of [[underlined]] Abraxas grossulariata [[/underlined]] : fed occasionally on cocoa & sugar!
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Ichneuman [[insertion]] [[underlined]] lugens? [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] hibernating : brought home alive! & A.A.L. also larvae which subsequently pupated & after a few days one emerged [[insertion]] on 5.4.1926 [[/insertion]] as a [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Amauronematus histrio [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. & new to Ireland. 

Transcription Notes:
"Monyglogh" is a misspelled version Monglough Valley. @siobhanleachman - Thanks so much for the help! Stelfox isn't an easy transcribe. I double check species names via eol.org & locations via geonames.org and google.