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245. 11/4/26. Ballyhenry quarry [[insertion]] [[circled]] 1 [[/circled]] morning till 2 pm. [[/insertion]] & Killoughter channel, [[insertion]] [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] aft. till 4pm. [[/insertion]], Co. WI. never a cloud in sky all day, but a dry cold breeze from S.E. : not quite a bee day! Vespa vulgaris 1 [[female symbol]] at 1 or 2 (?) [[underlined]] Andrena albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] everywhere, 1 fresh [[female symbols]] at 1. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] nigroaenea [[/underlined]] 1 fresh, large, [[male symbol]] at 1. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] gwynana [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]] at 2. " [[Ditto for: Andrena]] [[underlined]] jacobi [[/underlined]] ! fresh, large, [[male symbol]] at 1. [[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at 1 & 2. [[checkmark]] " [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] calceatus [[/underlined]] " " " [[Dittos for: [[2 female symbols]] at 1 & 2.]] on Bellis. " [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] albipes [[/underlined]] " " " [[Dittos for: [[2 female symbols]] at 1 & 2.]] " [[Ditto for: Halictus]] [[underlined]] punctatissimus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] each at 1 & 2. [[underlined]] Sphecodes divison [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] [[strikethrough]] (?) [[/strikethrough]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 2. [[checkmark]] R.C.L.P. [[underlined]] Nomada fabriciana [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]], small at 1. ? also seen at 2. " [[Ditto for: Nomada]] [[underlined]] leucophthalma [[/underlined]] 1 large [[female symbol]] at 1. [[insertion]] ^ [[underlined]] nomad bifida [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] [[2 male symbol]] [[strikethrough]] or [[female symbol]] [[/strikethrough]] at 2 flying over bluebells! [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] 1 & 2; [[underlined]] B. terrestrus [[/underlined]] 1 & 2, [[underlined]] B. lapidarius [[/underlined]] 1 & 2 on bluebells, repeatedly at 2! [[underlined]] B. agronum [[/underlined]] 1 & 2. [[underlined]] B. jonellus [[/underlined]] on willows at 1. [[underlined]] B. hortorum [[underlined]] 1 & 2. [[underlined]] B. deshamellus [[/underlined]] at 1. Tenthredinidae: [[underlined]] Dolerus [[strikethrough]] ferrugatus [[/strikethrough]] madidus [[/underlined]] 3 [[2 male symbols]] at 1 [[checkmark]] R.C.L.P., over rushes. Ichneumonidae 2 sp. [[line across page]] 17/4/26. St. Anne's Clontarf, Co. Du. E. OMahony. [[underlined]] Empria tridens [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. [[end page]] [[start page]] 246. 15/4/26. Phoenix Hill, Islandbridge, Co. DU. [[underlined]] Andrena nigroaenea [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] abundant along avenue to Mr. Padian's House. [[2 female symbols]] seen gathering pollen repeatedly on [[underlined]] Senecio vulgaris [[/underlined]] & also at "Alexanders" ([[underlined]] S. [[duratrum?]] [[/underlined]]) [[checkmark]] [[line across page]] Co. Carlow, weekend with D.R.P. - B. 16th - 19th April. [[line across page]] [[underlined]] 17/4/26. [[/underlined]] Small glen, by road, W. of Kilcarry Bridge (over R. Slaney) 2 miles NW. of Clonegall, Co. CW. [[underlined]] Vespa rufa [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen above bridge. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]] at Willows &c. " [[Ditto for: Bombus]] [[underlined]] jonellus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]] at willows &c. [[side note applying to above]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] [[underlined]] all [[/underlined]] at willows! [[/side note]] " [[Ditto for: Bombus]] [[underlined]] hortorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] & [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at ground bog. [[underlined]] Andrena albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] abundant at willow, &c. [[underlined]] A. rosae [[/underlined]] V. [[underlined]] [[exsmia?]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] at willows reddish base to abd. " [[Ditto for: A.]] [[underlined]] jacobi [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] only [[underlined]] A. apicata [[/underlined]] 2 [[female symbol]] at willows RCLP [[underlined]] A. praecox [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at willows [[checkmark]] RCLP. " [[Ditto for: A.]] [[underlined]] nigroaenea [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & 1 [[female symbol]] [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] HOUSE MARTINS [[/underlined]]! " [[Ditto for: A.]] [[underlined]] minutula [[/underlined]] 3 [[2 male symbols]] & 1 [[female symbol]] on bank [[strikethrough]] near [[/strikethrough]] S. of road. [No [[underlined]] Halicti [[/underlined]] seen at all!} [[underlined]] Sphecodes division [/underlined]] [[insertion]] - R.C.L.P. [[/insertion]] 2 small, bright red [[2 female symbols]] with [[underlined]] A. minutula [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] Nomada [[strikethrough]] leucophthalma [[/strikethrough]] bifida [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]] at willows [[underlined]] Lasius fuliginosus [[/underlined]] : a big colony centred round a stump on bank S. of road. Also [[underlined]] L. niger, L. flavus, Myrmica scabrinodis [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] ruginodis [[/underlined]] [but no [[underlined]] Formica fusca [[/underlined]] seen?] [[underlined]] Very nice ground! [[/underlined]] Lamium galeobdolon 100 yards above bridge on E bank of Slaney.