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241. 14/3/26. Vale of Avoca & Woodenbridge. (Foot of Gold Mines Valley) [[underlined]] Bombus lapidarius [[/underlined]]. 2 [[2 female symbols]] at Avoca Co. WI " [[Ditto for: Bombus]] [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]] abundant at Woodenbridge, Avoca &c " [[Ditto for: Bombus]] [[underlined]] terrestris [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]] at Avoca. " [[Ditto for: Bombus]] [[underlined]] hortorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at Woodenbridge & Avoca. " [[Ditto for: Bombus]] [[underlined]] jonellus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on [[male symbol]] Salix S. of Avoca. " [[Ditto for: Bombus]] [[underlined]] agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at Woodbridge (on Celandine) & Avoca. " [[Ditto for: Bombus]] [[underlined]] [[checkmark]] muscorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at fort of Monaglogh Valley, W'bridge. [[underlined]] Andrena praecox [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] at Woodenbridge & Avoca. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] gwynana [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] at Avoca ([[female symbol]] on Daisy) " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] minutula [[/underlined]] (?) [[male symbol]] (others seen) at Avoca (on Fragaria). [[checkmark]] Also cocoon of Crabro? from stump at foot of Gold Mines Valley. They hatched at end of May & [[prosed?]] to belong to [[underlined]] C. leucostomus [[/underlined]] NB. A wonderful day mild, calm & with hot sun nearly all day : may willows already over. The only [[female symbol]] Andrena seen was the [[underlined]] gwynana [[/underlined]] captured at gravel bank S. of Arrea, E. [[insertion]] left bank [[/insertion]] side of Arvamore! [[line across page]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Chiff-Chaff [[/insertion]] seen & heard Also A.A. Lisney took larva of Sawfly on Salix caprea at Avoca which pupated & subsequently hatched on 5.5.26 as a [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Emphytus pallipes [[/underlined]] (= grossalariae) [[checkmark]] RCLP. [[/insertion]] 21/3/26. Magherabeg & valley of three-mile River, S. of Ardmore Point, Co. WI. Also [[underlined]] Vespa rufa [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen at Willow. [[underlined]] Bombus terrestris [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] Andrena gwynana [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] sunning themselves on bluffs. NB. A very cold day with east winds : only one good sun burst for 1 hour. No Andena [[2 male symbols]] sun at Willows, which were in full flower. Magnificent ground along rim & sandhills! [[end page]] [[start page]] 242. 28/3/26. The Dargle (upper end). [[underlined]] Halictus albipes [[/underlined]]. One [[female symbol]] on Taraxacum near sandpit by the river. [[underlined]] Nomada leucophthalma [[/underlined]] One [[female symbol]] " " " " " " [[Dittos for: Taraxacum near sandpit by the river.]] [[underlined]] Bombus terrestris [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] rare : searching & on Salix [[underlined]] Apis [[/underlined]] on Salix A mild day with misty sun turning to a drip after 3 p.m. No sign of [[male symbol]] Andrena seen anywhere [[line across page]] 31/3/26 & 1/4/26. The former was a dull day but on the latter the afternoon was warm & sunny. Castletown & Hill of Ushnagh district, Co. Westmeath (WH). Only a few willows showing flower, most not out about bog S. of Lunestown House. No bees seen, not even a bumble, until train was moving out of Castletown station on second afternoon : this an apparently [[female symbol]] Andrena (like [[underlined]] nigraenea [[/underlined]]) seen on Dandelion in cutting [[checkmark]]. [[line across page]] 2/4/26. Megherabeg & Ardmore Point Co. WI. 12.30 till 3 p.m. A warm, sunny, day with gentle E. breeze. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum, terrestris [[/underlined]] (at [[underlined]] [[Cyinga?]] [[/underlined]]), [[underlined]] hortorum [[/underlined]] (at [[underlined]] [[Cyinga?]] [[/underlined]]), [[underlined]] muscorum [[/underlined]] (in dunes?), & [[underlined]] agrorum [[/underlined]] (at [[underlined]] [[Cyinga?]] [[/underlined]]) [[2 male symbols]] seen. [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] Andrena gwynana [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen at same spot as on 21/3/26. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] minutula [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]], fresh at same spot. Also one or two ? [[male symbol]] Andrena seen at distance : no sign of Andrenas at Willows or Blackthorn : latter at best!
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I've tried variations for the word that looks like "Cyinga" and came up with nothing.
@siobhanleachman - later pages makes it clear its "Gold Mines Valley" My bad, sorry!
