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22/4/30 cont. Afternoon [[strikethrough]] 3 [[/strikethrough]] 4 till 4.30 pm.
Sandpit below Kildavin Bridge, Co. CW.
Nothing seen in way of bees but a very few Bombi, probably all [[underlined]] B. lucorum [[/underlined]]; also Myrmica schencki [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] Lasius niger [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] L. flavus [[/underlined]].  Plenty of [[underlined]] Platyarthus hoffmansegii [[/underlined]] in nests of last 2 spp.
Saw but failed to catch, wingless [[female symbol]] Phygadenonid exactly where one taken on 9.8.29.

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23rd April 1930. Dull all day & misty rain from 11 AM onwards.
Walked on Arklow Head to Askintinny & back across S. Strand.  Saw one [[female symbol]] Psithyrus [[/underlined]] distinctus on Head & 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] And. gwynana [[/underlined]] at Askintinny.

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24th April 1930. Damp, wet & foggy, but very warm, all day.
In afternoon drove to Meeting of the Waters, & walked up right bank of river to 3rd ry. bridge aross same.  Took one [[female symbol]] Braconid on a laurel bush. =
Very good ground for later in year! { Tried July 1930 but too much overgrown after leaves came on trees! A.W.S.

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25th April 1930. Still damp & foggy, & dripped from 3 pm onwards.
Down to Clara, about noon, & stayed till rain came on.  Warm & sheltered, but no sun. 
[[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] jonellus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at Vaccinium.
[[underlined]] And. albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] seen at willows.
[[underlined]] A. lapponica [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] in woods, no [[female symbol]] seen!
[[underlined]] A. praecox [[/underlined]] 1 fresh [[female symbol]] taken on path through wood where [[underlined]] A. lapponica [[/underlined]] nests.
[[underlined]] Salius fuscus [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] seen at same place.
Ants : [[underlined]] Lasius flavus [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] L. niger [[/underlined]] very busy at sand flat throwing up sand mounds.
One small ick. caught & lost by path in woods.
One sawfly a [[female symbol]] [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] [[Palestris clatellatis?]] [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]] taken on [[underlined]] Vaccinium [[/underlined]] behind Osmunda glade :- = "[[underlined]] Contania collectanea [[/underlined]] ( or [[underlined]] Amauronematus [[/underlined]] sp. near [[underlined]] viduatus [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] viduatus [[/underlined]] var [[insertion]] see RCLP in litt. dataed 17.4.31 [[/insertion]]

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26th April 1930. A glorious day, with very hot sun after a dull early morning.  Drove home! 
Devil's Glen, WI. 12 noon till 3.30 pm.  Very little out at first, indeed things only just coming out (? hatching out!) about 3 pm.
[[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] B. jonellus [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 virgin female symbols]] both on Dandelion flowers. [[underlined]] Psithyrus distinctus [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 female symbols]].

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