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Dorset 23rd May. Bere Wood. Andrena nitida ♀ A. angustior 2♂♂ A. [[raunderrella?]] ♀ Osmia bicolor ♀ in lane. Halictus lativentris ♀ Bombus lapidarius, terrestris, hortorum & agrorum ♀♀ seen. Aphelopus ? 2. 27th May. Yellowham Wood (A.M.). Andrena fucata [[strikethrough]] [[7?]] [[/strikethrough]] ♂. Salius [[?]] ♀ Dryinid 1. do. do. P.M. Hampton Wood & roadside. Andrena wilkella ♂. Dryinid 1 28th May. Boswell Wood. Dryinid 1♂. 1♀. Pompilus spinus ♂. Leptothorax acervorum 29th May. Lane & field from Swyre to Chesil beach nomada marshamella ♀. Psithyrus vestalis ♀. Salius [[parmulus?]] ♀. Dryinids 2. 30th May. Lane from Puddletown to Ilsington Wood & on bare spot in Wood where much Wood Spurge. Bombus sylvarum 1♀, [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]], jonellus (2☿☿ in wood!) agrorum & lapidarius ♀♀. [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Psithyrus bohemicus, vestalis & campestris (dark form) 1 ♀ each. Andrena [[?]] ♀(worn). A. angustior. A. nitida ♀. A. chrysosceles 3♀♀. A. fucata ♂. A. wilkella (or oratula) stylopized ♀
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Species of bees and wasps in England (more specifically Dorset...?)
I believe where there's a slight indent, it's a continuation of the previous line(s)