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26th July 1929. A dull day, warm, with little or no wind 
Some sun in afternoon.
Drove to Wexford, via Enniscorthy & home via Blackwater & Courtown.  Stopped for lunch above Ferrycarrig, at Wexford, & for tea at [[strikethrough]] Cush [[/strikethrough]] River Gap (= Blackwater [[strikethrough]] Harbour [[/strikethrough]] Head).  All Co. WX.
Field, south of road, 1/4 mile E. of Ferrycarrig, WX.
1 till 2 pm. sheltered & warm but no sun.
[[underlined]] Crabro [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] varius [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] [[strikethrough]] or palmispera [[/strikethrough]], a species of [[underlined]] Bethilid [[/underlined]], some [[underlined]] Aphidii [[/underlined]] & icks.  Mostly on thistles or along hedge.  Saw tree of [[underlined]] Pyrus [[strikethrough]] Califolia [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] ^ Aria [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] in apparently native scrub below field (W. end of).
[[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Crabro varius [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]]. [[/strikethrough]]
[[underlined]] Pimpla examinator [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] P. [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] near [[underlined]] artica [[/underlined]] ?
[[underlined]] Glypta ceratites [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] [[strikethrough]] & [[female symbol]] [[/strikethrough]], one with almost black hind tibiae.
[[underlined]] G. mensurator [[/underlined]] ? [[male symbol]] & [[female symbol]].
[[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Lissonota [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]]

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Scarawalsh Bridge, above Enniscorthy, WX.
Stopped to examine Phillip's colony of [[underlined]] Colletes [[strikethrough]] daviesanus [[/strikethrough]] montanus [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. on parapet, but saw only one, a [[female symbol]], on Leontodan flowers. See R.C.L.P's letter & notes dated 19.2.'30.

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Wexford, sandpit in field at N. end of wooden bridge where Phillip has taken 2 [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] Andrena carbonaria [[/underlined]], 2 till 3 pm.  Hot & some few moments sun! 
[[underlined]] Bombus distinguendus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] quite common on [[underlined]] Carduus arvensis [[/underlined]] in corner of field next bridge. 
Also seen [[underlined]] B. lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 virgin female symbols]], [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]].
[[underlined]] Colletes picistigma [[/underlined]]  [[female symbol]] on Leontodon.
[[underlined]] C. montanus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. on [[underlined]] C. arvensis [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] Andrena denticulata [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] on Leontodon.
[[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbol]] abundant, old [[female symbol]] seen.
[[underlined]] H. lativentris [[/underlined]] worn [[female symbol]] on Leontodon.
[[underlined]] H. albipes & calceatus & freygessneri [[/underlined]] ?? [[2 female symbol]] seen.
[[underlined]] H. tumulorum [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] fresh.
[[underlined]] H. nitidiusculus [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. 1 [[male symbol]] rather abnormal
[[underlined]] H. villosulus [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]].
[[underlined]] Sphecodes divisus [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. 1 small [[male symbol]] [[strikethrough]] S. hyalinatus ? [[/strikethrough]] "S. divisus small" [[checkmark]] RCLP. a worn [[female symbol]].

[[underlined]] Vespa vulgaris [[/underlined]] nest. [[underlined]] V. rufa [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] seen.
[[underlined]] Pompilus gibbus [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]] [[2 male symbols]], [[female symbol]] seen.
[[underlined]] Salius exaltatus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen.
[[underlined]] Crabro peltarius [[/underlined]], worn [[2 female symbols]] 
[[underlined]] Mellinus [[/underlined]] arvensis. 
[[underlined]] Pachymematus xanthocarpus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] auct. [[checkmark]] RCLP.