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11th July 1927. Warm, with keen NW Wind & not much sun.
Sandhills stretching from 1/2 to 1 1/2 mile N. of river at Arklow (formerly occupied by Kynock's explosive factory) Co. WI.
[[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] numerous; [[underlined]] B. lapidarius [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] 
[[underlined]] Colletes picistigma [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] abundant; a few [[2 female symbols]] seen. 
[[underlined]] Andrena sericea [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] common; [[2 female symbols]] seen on [[underlined]] Thymus [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] Ononis [[/underlined]] flowers.
[[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus, nitidiusculus, villosulus, tumulorum [[/underlined]] & leucopus [[2 female symbols]].
[[underlined]] Sphecodes affinis [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] [[checkmark]] RCLP.
[[underlined]]  Nomada hillana [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] seen.
[[underlined]] Osmia aurulenta [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on [[underlined]] Ononis [[/underlined]].
[[underlined]] Sphex lutaria [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]], a few.
[[underlined]] Pompilus plumbeus [[/underlined]] abundant; [[underlined]] P. gibbus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]], [[2 female symbols]] seen
[[underlined]] Tachysphex pectinipes [[/underlined]] not rare.
[[underlined]] Ceropales maculatus [[/underlined]] abundant.
[[underlined]] Crabro wesmaeli [[/underlined]] abundant.

"[[underlined]] Hoplismenus maurus [[/underlined]]", a [[female symbol]] seen on bent, at 2nd point of rocks, but missed!

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12th July 1927. Warm, cool breeze, NE. much cloud over Clara; some very hot sun.
Vale of Clara, Co. WI.
River & roadside below Clara bridge: left back of river = 1
Grand flat 200 yards below bridge: right " " [[Dittos for: bank of river]] = 2
Sand flat 1 mile below bridge: left " " [[Dittos for: bank of river]] = 3
Woods between 1 & 3 = 4
[[underlined]] Bombus agrorum [[/underlined]] a few [[2 female symbols]] only: some worn: some fresh.
[[underlined]] Vespa vulgaris [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] very washed out looking.
[[underlined]] Andrena tarsata [[/underlined]] a few [[2 male symbols]] seen at 3; but colony nearly destroyed by drawing of timber to riverside. 
[[underlined]] A. fucata [[/underlined]] 1 faded [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] A. subopaca [[/underlined]] 1 female symbol [[checkmark]] RCLP.
[[underlined]] A. coitana [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] common at Jasione & Heracleum.
[[underlined]] Halicti [[/underlined]] as before.
Sphecodes divisus [[2 female symbols]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. at 3 [[underlined]] Sph. hyalinatus [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. 1 fresh [[female symbol]] at 3.
[[underlined]] Nomada hillana [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 3.
[[underlined]] Hylaeus confusus [[/underilned]] [[female symbol]] at Jasione : seen.
[[underlined]] Odynerus pictus [[/underlined]] seen.
[[underlined]] Crabro IV maculatus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 1 [[underlined]] C. varius [[/underlined]] at 3.
[[underlined]] C. podagricus [[/underlined]] 1 at 1.  [[underlined]] C. peltarius [/underlined]] common at 1, 2, & 3.
[[underlined]] C. dimidiatus [[/underlined]] common at  1 & 3. [[underlined]] C. chrysostomus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] seen at 1.

Pemphredon lugubris [[female symbol]] seen at 4. [[underlined]] P. shuckardi [[/underlined]] at 3.