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16.) 27th April 1934. The first fine day for a week, but wind E - NE, fairly strong & cold. Afternoon. Drove Rev. Gregg & son to Leixlip station, Co. KD., so that they could collect [[underlined]] Amphipeplea glutinosa [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] Neritina fluviatilis [[/underlined]] in the Royal Canal. Spent a couple of hours in hot sun in marshes on left bank of Rye Water, above the aqueduct & here saw or took (unless otherwise stated):- [[underlined]] Bombus terrestris & lucorum [[/underlined]] numerous [[2 female symbols]] seen. [[underlined]] Andrena minutula [[/underlined]] 2 [[2 male symbols]] on clay escarpment E. of river. [[underlined]] A. gwynana [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]] seen, 1 taken. [[underlined]] A. clarkella [[/underlined]]? 1 [[female symbol]] seen. [[underlined]] A. albicans [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] abundant at willows. [[underlined]] A. jacobi [[/underlined]] 1 very fresh [[female symbol]] beaten off willow. [[underlined]] Nomada marshamella [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] seen. [[underlined]] A. bifida [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] seen. [[underlined]] Sphecodes affinis [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] on Taraxacum. 1 [[male symbol]] Ick. [[vol?]] 1 or 2? [[underlined]] Blacus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] swept in marsh. 2 Proctos. 1 Cynipid. [[underlined]] Dolerus nigratus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] swept off Salix along canal 1/4 mile E. of aqueduct. Willow Warbler & Sedge Warbler heard. [[end page]] [[start page]] (17. 29th April 1934. A fine day after a dull morning, & much sun, but cool & strong chilly E.-NE. wind. Drove to Raheen, between Dunlavin & Baltinglass, Co. WI., but found everything very backward & at least a fortnight later than last year, in fact practically no sign of growth in the marsh & little to sweep. On way home stopped for tea at sand-cliff over R. Liffey, just below Ballymore Eustace, Co. KD., where vegetation much more advanced. Marsh by stream, &c., Raheen, Co. WI. 11-30 AM. till 3.30 PM. [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] - many [[2 female symbols]] seen at willows. [[underlined]] B. agrorum [[/underlined]] several seen ([[2 female symbols]]) & at least one at primrose. [[underlined]] B. muscorum [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] reported by George. [[underlined]] B. distinguendus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] reported by George & M.D.S. & later one undoubted specimen seen by me sunning itself on bank N. of stream. [[underlined]] Salius fuscus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]] seen in marsh. [[underlined]] Dolerus nigratus [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[male symbol]] swept by stream near old road. [[underlined]] D. aeneus [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] swept near last. [[underlined]] Sagaritis [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] swept in marsh [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Centeterus [[/underlined]] ? [[female symbol]] swept just below bridge (where car left) P.T.O.
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Species names & localities checked
A. gwynana = Andrena gwynana
-@siobhanleachman