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214.) 9th August 1928. Kilgrainey cave, near Cappagh, WA. Mostly dull & hot, some misty rain. Only collected for a few minutes about midday. [[underlined]] Andrena saundersella [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[checkmark]] small [[female symbol]] ? [[underlined]] Exetastes guttatorius [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[checkmark]] on wild carrot. [[line across page]] 10th August 1928. A wet day, with driving rain from S & SE. almost all day, but very warm. Drove to Formay, EC., where visited Carrickabrick Castle & took [[underlined]] Helicigana lapicida [[/underlined]] (2 on castle walls, in chinks; & one dead in crevice of cliff 200 yards [[strikethrough]] H [[/strikethrough]] East of Castle). Also [[underlined]] Hy. lacida [[/underlined]]. Then drove on to [[double underlined]] Castle Lyons [[/double underlined]], where during a fine spell I took or saw in Mrs Bond's garden the following. [[underlined]] Bombus hortorum [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] & [[2 male symbols]] common. [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] several [[2 virgin female symbols]]. No other spp. seen. [[underlined]] Andrena gwynana [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] 2nd brood. Icks. [[underlined]] Glypta bifoveolata [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] Proctotrypid in motor near Lismore! [[end page]] [[start page]] (215. 11th Aug. 1928. During rain from SE all day: nothing doing. [[line across page]] 12th Aug. 1928. A fine fresh day, strong westerly winds, some showers & much sun. Kilgrainey cave, WA as before. [[underlined]] Halictus calecatus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] first seen 1928. [[underlined]] Larius flavus [[/underlined]] winged [[female symbol]]. Icks. [[underlined]] Lissonoata bellator [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] L. errabunda [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Glypta ceratites [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Glypta flavolineata [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]] [[line across page]] 13th August 1928. A blustery day - westerly gale - with heavy showers & impossible to collect. In aft. drove to Ardmore, Whiling Bay, Ferry Point opposite Youghal, Youghal Bridge, Clashmore & home. All Co. WA. Took Staphylinid beetle at shore level in Whiling Bay & swept a [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Lissonota bellator [[/underlined]] at [[Moora?]] near Ferry Pt. Saw a few [[underlined]] Bombus agroroum [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]] but nothing else.
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Moora (near the end of page two) is probably Moorea, but I left it as written. --thomasc
Thanks thomasc, you are very likely correct but I too have left unchanged. I've corrected one earlier spelling mistake. -@siobhanleachman