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31st May 1931.  A dull day, E - SE wind, with drizzly rain at intervals till 2 pm. & no sun till on return journey!  With Palmer 
[[underlined]] Drove [[/underlined]] to Athy & then south to Ardrigh, Tankardstown Bridge, down Queen's Co. side of river to Maganey, then to Carlow & back to Ardrigh & home via Athy.
1 = sandpit opposite Ardrigh House.
2 = sandpit (overgrown) S.E. of Farmhill 
[[vertical line]] [[side note applying to above two locations]] Co. Kildare.
3 = right bank of river at Tankardstown Bridge, Q. Co.
4 = roadside S. of Maganey, field & marsh near Barrow, KD.
5 = railway N. of Carlow, Co. CW. - these not separated when being labelled & no all marked.
[[boxed]] Athy at Co. KD. [[/boxed]]
6 = field near Spring House, S.E. of Farm Hill, KD.
7 = gravel pit, 1 mile E of Athy.
8 = roadside, field-banks & sandpit, near Walterstown between Kilcallen & Naas, Co. KD.
[[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] several [[2 female symbols]] seen during day.
[[underlined]] B. terrestris [[/underlined]] 1 fresh out on hawthorn at 8.
[[underlined]] B. lapidarius [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 1. [[underlined]] B. deshamellus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] frequent at 1, 4 & 5.
[[underlined]] B. muscorum [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 5. [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] frequent.
[[underlined]] Andrena nigroaenea [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] at 7 & 8.  [[underlined]] A. albicans [[2 female symbols] at 8.
[[underlined]] A. wilkella [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] at 8. [[underlined]] subopaca [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] at 6 [? also at 8].
[[underlined]] A. fucata [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] at 8.

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[ [[underlined]] Promethes pulchellas [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] taken in motor near Crumlin, Co. DU. on return journey : 31.5.31. A.W.S.]

31/5/31 cont. Athy district: cont.
[[underlined]] Halictus rubicundus, calceatus, albipes, freygessneri, nitidiusculus, leucopus, [[/underlined]] a few [[2 female symbols]] at 8.
[[underlined]] H. [[/underlined]]   [[female symbol]] at 6 (Palmer).
[[underlined]] Nomada marshamella, gardeniana [[/underlined]] & (? [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] rufipes [[/underlined]] ruficornis) at 8.

[[underlined]] Crabro dimidiatus [[/underlined]] 1 at 5 (Palmer).

[[underlined]] Tenthredella livida [[/underlined]] 1 black [[female symbol]] at 4. (Palmer).
[[underlined]] T. temula [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] at 4 & 8. [[underlined]] T. ferruginea [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] at 6 beaten out of hawthorn.
[[underlined]] T. mesomelas [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] seen at 1.
[[underlined]] Tenthredopsis [[/underlined]] spp. [[2 male symbols]] frequent at 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7. 2 [[2 female symbols]] taken at 7.
[[underlined]] Dolerus niger [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] at 1. [[underlined]] D. haematodes [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] in marsh at 4.
Loderus [[overwritten]] ?? [[/overwritten]] [[insertion]] ^ palmatus [[/underlined]] black [[male symbol]] at 1 [[underlined]] Pachyprotasis rapae [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] at 5.
[ [[underlined]] Empria [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] ("probably the [[underlined]] longicornis [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. auct Brit.") & [[underlined]] Monophadnus geniculatus [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] RCLP. n marsh at 3 at the SW. corner of bridge. The only species taken in Queen's Co.!]
[[underlined]] Pteronidea myosotidis [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]. Beaten off hawthron at 6.

[[underlined]] [[Maliorus?]] [[/underlined]] sp?? [[male symbol]] at 4
[[underlined]] Glypta [[/underlined]] haesitator ? [[female symbol]] on Gorse at 8. [[underlined]] Hemiteles bicolorius [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]] at 6 (beaten) most other icks at 1. [[underlined]] Cratichneumon [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] at 1 & 4.
[[underlined]] Catoghyptus pilipes [[/underlined]] frequent at 1, 2, 4 & 5. Mesoleptus 2 [[2 male symbols]] in marsh at 4.
Anomalid [[female symbol]] at blackthorn at 6.  Cryptid [[female symbol]] at 6, dodo long [[ovipictus?]] at 4