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21.) 19th May 1929. A Glorious Day! with some high fleecy clouds at time dimming the sun & a keen E. wind in early part. Drove to Clara, WI, where worked on the oak woods below the bridge, to sand-flat, as usual. 11 AM. Stopped at marsh beyond Ballyhenry, but sun obscured & cool wind. Took here one [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Dolerus oblongus [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. [[/insertion]] & several icks, collected [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Odynerus pictus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] seen [[/insertion]] in motor during drive, also 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Melanichneumon sanguinator [[/underlined]] taken in motor near Kilmacanoge, WI. 11.30 AM. stopped to explore marsh &c. at Garryduff Cross Roads, E. of Cronyburn, WI., but again no sun & cool wind. Took here several [[male symbol]] Dolerus aeneus. [[underlined]] Bombus muscorum [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen. Also some icks & one [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Blennocampa [[/underlined]] sp. swept off rushes &c in marsh at foot of small channel NE of cross-roads. [[strikethrough]] 12 noon till 5pm. [[/strikethrough]] Perkins (notes of 5.2.30) say this is [[underlined]] B. subcana [[/underlined]] ? [[end page]] [[start page]] (22. 19.5.29 cont. Clara cont. 12 noon till 5 pm. Oak woods (1), sand-flat (2) and Osmunda - marsh behind latter (3) on left bank of Avonmore, below bridge. Many willows in full flower & some not out yet. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] & 1 [[virgin female symbol]] (on willow) seen, [[underlined]] B. jonellus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] Psithyrus distinctus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] Vespa rufa & vulgaris [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] Andrena [[strikethrough]] apecata [[strikethrough]] [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] ^ lapponica ([[underlined]] fide [[/underlined]] RCLP.) [[/insertion]] 1 very worn [[male symbol]] on willows at 2. [[underlined]] Andrena sericea [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]], [[underlined]] A. albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] seen at 2. [[underlined]] Halictus [[/underlined]] spp. seen on sand-flat as usual. [[underlined]] Nomada bifida [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] abundant. [[underlined]] Sphecodes [[/underlined]] very abundant on sand-flat! [[underlined]] S. divisus, S. affinis, & S. hyalinatus [[/underlined]] (?) 3 [[2 female symbols]] {See RCLP's notes dated 12.3.30! [[underlined]] Chrysis ignita [[/underlined]] seen just below bridge. 1st for 1929. [No sign of [[underlined]] Arge metallica [[/underlined]] in [[underlined]] Osmunda [[/underlined]] glade at 3] [[underlined]] Pontania [[/underlined]] sp.? 4 [[2 male symbols]] (see RCLP. 12.2.30). [[underlined]] Pontania leucosticta [[/underlined]] 3 [[2 male symbols]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. Dolerus aeneus [[2 male symbols]] just below bridge. [[underlined]] Dineura virididorsata [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. [[/insertion]] [[male symbol]] (in glade?). [[underlined]] Euura saliceti [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. [[underlined]] Pontania [[/underlined]] sp. (like [[underlined]] bella [[/underlined]]) RCLP. [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] [[?]] [[?]] [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Pristiphora melanocarpa [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] ([[checkmark]] RCLP), amongst Vaccinium &c. at upper end of sand flat. Braconid: [[underlined]] Ichneutes reunitor [[/underlined]] Nees, [[male symbol]] (? at willows at 3). [[underlined]] Ephialtes tenuiventris [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] on birch at 3. "Correct!" [[underlined]] fide [[/underlined]] Roman No.79. [[underlined]] Pimpla [[strikethrough]] [[bermuthi?]] [[/underlined]] Harting [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] inquisitor [[/underlined]] Scop { No. 81. [[underlined]] fide [[/underlined]] Roman. [[male symbol]] ? where got. [[underlined]] P. [[strikethrough]] rufala [[/strikethrough]] [[/underlined]] ovivora [[male symbol]]. Rest of icks at 2 or 3! Took 2 [[underlined]] Silpha [[/underlined]] 4 - [[underlined]] punctata [[/underlined]] on willow at 3!