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15th July 1927. A glorious sunny day, with fresh NE breeze.
Rathdrum [[circled]] 1 [[/circled]] & right bank of river to Avondale, [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]], as before, WI.
Bombus lucorum [[2 female symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]].
[[underlined]] Megachile willughbiella [[/underlined]] 4 [[2 female symbol]] (3 v. [[underlined]] hibernica [[/underlined]], 1 intermediate) at decayed footboards of Avondale bridge : another seen!
[[underlined]] M. versicolor [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] var. [[underlined]] hibernia [[/underlined]] seen near last.
[[underlined]] Andrena coitana [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] abundant. [[underlined]] A. wilkella [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbols]] seen at 1.

[[underlined]] Halicti [[/underlined]] as before
[[underlined]] Sphecodes affinis [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] seen.
[[underlined]] Nomada obtusifrons [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] common.
[[underlined]] Hylaeus confusus [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]] investigating crevices in rotten stump

[[underlined]] Vespa rufa [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]; [[underlined]] Vespa austriaca [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]; both seen & taken.
[[underlined]] Odynerus pictus seen [[/underlined]]. [[underlined]] O. parietinus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at Avondale bridge.
[[underlined]] Crabro aphidum [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. 9 [[2 male symbols]] & 3 [[2 female symbols]]. 2 [[2 male symbols]] taken flying to post at Avondale bridge : nest taken near N. end of tunnel at  Rathdrum station, where old track run around hillside above cliff into river; chiefly on & around a tree of [[underlined]] Salix caprea [[/underlined]]; 1 [[female symbol]] taken investigating a rotten fence post!
[[underlined]] Crabro [[capitosum?]] [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] [[checkmark]] RCLP [[underlined]] C. podagricus [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] RCLP [[2 male symbols]] & 1 [[female symbol]] at 1 [[underlined]] C. varius [[/underlined]].
[[underlined]] C. leucostoma. C. vagus  C. cavifrons [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] at 1 & 2. [[underlined]] C. dimidiatus C. palmipes [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] at stump by river below Avondale bridge. [[underlined]] C. IV maculatus [[/underlined]]

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[[underlined]] Pemphredon lugubris [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] shuckardi [[/underlined]].
[[underlined]] Pompilus nigerrimus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]]; [[2 female symbols]] seen at 1 & big stump at 2. [[underlined]] P. gibbus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] seen.
[[underlined]] Salius exaltatus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]].
[[underlined]] Chrysis ignita [[/underlined]] seen at 1 & 2.
[[underlined]] Agenia variegata [[/underlined]] on big stump at 2 carrying crab-spider, named by D.R.P.B. Xysticus dentalus.

Ichneumonidae &c.
[[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Stenichneumon pictus [[/strikethrough]] Melanichneumon [[sayainolin?]] [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on ivy on wall of track, between good st. & tunnel at 1.
[[underlined]] Acroricnus macrobatus [[/underlined]] 1 large [[female symbol]] seen on wall by river at viaduct.
Large [[female symbol]] Cryptid on stump by river between Avondale bridge.
Small black & white [[female symbol]] Cryptid on stump when [[underlined]] M. semicolor [[/underlined]] nested above viaduct!
[[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Pimpla [[/underlined]] with yellowish & black hind legs ?sp. 
[[underlined]] Glypta similis  G. [[snathocantha?]] [[/underlined]] (= [[underlined]] mandibularis [[/underlined]]) 1 [[male symbol]] not discovered till '43.

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Have solved two [[?]] but am unsure of Crabro [[capitosum?]], Melanichneumon [[sayainolin?]] and G. (Glypta) [[snathocantha?]] as can't find species that look anything like what Stelfox has written. -@siobhanleachman I gave the mysteries a shot, too. :) I was unable to solve them, though! :( Pages looked good; just changed "cryptia" to "cryptid". - GigglePop!