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106) 17th July 1934. A fine day with southerly breeze. Drove via [[Sneem?]] & Kenmare to the Sheen River where collected from 1.30 till 3.0 PM., then on to very nice morainic ground at [[strikethrough]] [[Dallin?]] [[/strikethrough]] Drominassig Bridge, but only stayed a few minute & saw nothing. [Bullock in probably correct when he opined that it was here that Cuthbert took his "[[underlined]] Andrena labialis [[/underlined]]" in July 1898, but it would take several fine days to explore the place.] Next drove on through "tunnel" & down Glengarriff road until a good view of Bantry Bay was obtained & after climbing to a "view rock", drove back to Sheen River, where stopped for tea & collected a few more insects. Then drove back to Darrynane. Left bank of Sheen River, same spot as on [[14?]].7.33 with Faris & Bullock, Co. SK. [[underlined]] Bombus agrorum [[/underlined]] [ [[underlined]] lucorum [[/underlined]] (1 [[female symbol]]) on Cork side of tunnel] [[underlined]] Andrena coitana [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] & [[2 female symbols]] [[underlined]] A. tarsata [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] A. minutula [[/underlined]] 1 [[male symbol]] (Summer brood!) [[underlined]] Halictus calceatus, rubicundus, freygessneri tumulorum & albipes [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]], also [[2 female symbols]]. [[underlined]] Nomada rufipes [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] 1 seen by R.C.L.P. See letter dated 13.2.1933! [[/insertion]] 2 small [[2 female symbols]] (at [[underlined]] A. tarsata [[/underlined]] burrows?) [[end page]] [[start page]] 107.) 17th July 1934 cont. Sheen River, SK. cont. [[underlined]] Crabro varius [[/underlined]] vry abundant, nesting in sandy path. [[underlined]] C. chrysostomus [[/underlined]] seen. [[underlined]] C. nigrita [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] [[checkmark]] R.C.L.P. See letter dated 13.2.1935! [[/insertion]] 1 [[male symbol]] on alder in swampy field, beside road & river. [[underlined]] Mellinus arvensis [[/underlined]] [[2 male symbols]] common on alder [[underlined]] Eriocampa ovata [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] on alder. [[underlined]] Pompilus [[/underlined]] [[female symbol]] seen on bank, no doubt [[underlined]] P. nigerrimus [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Vespa [[norsigera?]] [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] seen in "fir wood" by river. [[underlined]] Lasius fuliginosus [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] on same tree as on 1933, but few [[underlined]] L. niger [[/underlined]] [[2 virgin female symbols]] on same tree as last. [[underlined]] Protichneumon laminatorius [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]] seen on alder on river bank. [[male symbol]] near [[underlined]] Phaeogenes [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] Dicaelotus [[/underlined]] ? [[underlined]] Hemiteles [[/underlined]] ? 1 small [[male symbol]]. [[underlined]] Bassus tricinctus [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Diaborus [[/underlined]] taken on alder. [[underlined]] Omorga [[/underlined]] ? or [[underlined]] Angitia [[/underlined]] 1 [[female symbol]]. [[underlined]] Barylypa insidiosa [[/underlined]] ? 1 [[female symbol]] [[Bronzy?]] moth with vry long feelers.
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Can't work out the location [[Succem?]] near Kenmare. -@siobhanleachman