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130.) 16th May 1932. A beautiful day, warm & almost all sunny; some showers (? thunder) over the midlands; yet very few insects met with & in some places none to speak of. Most disappointing! Left Duncannock, WX, at 10.30 AM & drove to Dublin via New Ross, Thomastown, Leighlin Bridge & Carlow: stopped to collect (or investigate) at [[blank space]] 1. Marsh just south of Dunbrody Abbey [nothing taken! [[insertion] - ? see footnote to next page! [[/insertion]] 2. Shore of estuary (on N. side) opposite Dunbrody Abbey & along boundary of Kilmannock Ho. estate. [[side note applying to 1. & 2.]] } Co. WX 3. Glen of the Clodiagh River (S. slope of Brandon Hill), 4 miles S.E. of Inishtioge, Co. KK. Here much nice ground for later in year. 4. Sandpit in field between road & river about [[strikethrough]] 1 1/2 miles [[/strikethrough]] 1/2 mile S. of [[underlined]] Irishtioge [[/underlined]] (opp. Woodstock), Co. KK. [ nothing taken here]. [[strikethrough]] 5 [[/strikethrough]] Also many stumps seen just south of same place! 5. Old quarry by road, near Legan, about 1 mile N. of Thomastown, Co. KK. Only species taken here was 1 [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Halictus nitidiusculus [[/underlined]] but very likely to produce more later in year. 6 Old sandpit in field, between road & railway, about 1 mile N. of Bennett's bridge, Co. KK. [[underlined]] Sphecodes [[/underlined]] (small [[female symbol]]) & small [[underlined]] Halictus [[/underlined]] seen, but nothing taken here. [[end page]] [[start page]] (131. 16/5/32 cont. 7. Railway at Maddockstown, at bridge 1/4 mile S. of junction, Co. KK. near where I took [[underlined]] Andrena fulva [[/underlined]] in April 192 [[insertion]] 5 or 6. [[/insertion]] Only species seen here were [[underlined]] Andrean albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & a few Bombi. [[line]] 11.0 to 12.0 A.M. (16/5/32). Shore at Dunbrody Abbey, Co. WX (= station No. 2) [[side note]] [[underlined]] Bombus lapidarium B. lucorum B. agrorum [[2 female symbols]] B. hortorum [[/underlined]] [[/side note]] Andrena nigroaenea, very fresh [[2 male symbols]] [[strikethrough]] A. [[nisatula?]] or subopaca 1 [[male symbol]] [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Halictus punctatissimus [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] (1 at gorse!) [[underlined]] H. leucopus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Nomada [[/underlined]] 1 small [[male symbol]] / (? [[underlined]] ruficornis [[/underlined]] or leucophthalma) [[underlined]] Pimpla turionellae [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]]. Several other icks. [An ick & a Dolerus [[female symbol]] in tub with no label may have been taken [[strikethrough]] here also [[/strikethrough]] at No. 1 at Dunbrody & so labelled! [[line across page]] 16/5/32 cont. Glen of the Clodiagh river, Co. Kilkenny = station No. 3! 1.0 till 2.30 pm. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum, hortorum [[/strikethrough]] & agrorum [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] Andrena albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]]. [[underlined]] A. subopaca [[/underlined]] [[checkmark]] Fresh. 1 [[male symobl]] flying over bluebells.
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I changed "7. Railway of" to "7. Railway at" at top of page 131. Also added "Andrena nigroaenea, very fresh [[2 male symbols]]" after the side note. Otherwise seems good to go.--thomasc