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236. 6.7.39 cont. Kyle of Lochalsh cont. Insects taken by path from Kyle to Balmacarra, Ross West (= RW). 40 insects kept & these labelled 25/10/41! AWS. Bombus muscorum 1♀ kept. Odynerus pictus 1♂, 1♀ kept. Myrmica ruginodis 1☿. M. scabrinodis 1☿. Formica fusca 1☿. Formica rufa 2☿☿ kept. Athalia lineolata 1♂. 3♂ Cryptines, with 21, 23 & 24 seg. ant. resp. the second possibly a Pezomachus. Phytodictus sp. 1♂. Stenomacrus ventralis 2♀♀. Promethes sulcator ♂. Bassus deletus Th. 1♀. Mesoleius cf. modestus ♂. Cymodusa petulans 2♂♂, with 37 & 39-seg. ant. Omorga? cf. cursitans? 1♂, 23-seg. ant. Angitia? cf. rufipes?? 1♀, 24-seg. ant. Aperileptus sp.? 1♀, with 23-seg. ant. Apanteles imperator Wilk.? 1♂, 2♀♀. Microdus idalius? 1♂, 21-seg. ant. very small. Meteorus deceptor 2 fine ♀♀, with 39 & 40 seg. ant. M. scultellator 1 dark ♀ with 35-seg. ant. Pygostolus sticticus 1♀ 33-seg. ant. Opius irregulatus 1♀, with 33-seg. ant. Opius minutissimus miki 1♂, with 23-seg. ant. & 1♀ (ant. broken) agree well with types from Glengarriff AWS 26.10.41. Aspilota grandipennis miki? 1♂, 27-seg. ant. A. rufata miki? 2♂♂, with 16 & 18 seg. ant. Monoctomus caricis? 1♂, 16-seg. ant. Phenoserphids 1♂ of one species & 2♀♀ of another. Diapriid 1♀ (?). George reported a "large" Fritillary but ? sp. 237. 7th July 1939. Like the 6th, this opened with heavy & continuous rain from dawn till we arrived at Mallaig, by steamer "Loch Nevis", which left Kyle at 9.50. A fresh S.W. wind springing up the afternoon was fine & sunny, but too windy for insects, with heavy rain again later & at night. Arrived Arisaig about 12.30. Spent a couple of hours, 4 till 6, in afternoon on sands but saw nothing but a few Bumbles & sweeping yielded almost nothing. George found a very tiny wingless Cynipid & I found on sand amongst rotting seaweed a very small ♀ Pezomachus. Sands & coast 1 1/2 miles NW of Arisaig. 4 till 6 P.M. Bombus lapidarius several ☿☿, the first seen during the trip B. lucorum ♀♀ & ☿☿ } both frequent B. muscorum ♀♀ & ☿☿ } both frequent [No B. agrorum seen] Tenthredo "sulphuripes"? ♀ var. with all black propodeum. Exolytus 1♂ Pezomachus 1♀. Hemiteles 1♂. ♂ Cryptine, 27-seg. ant. Mesochorus 1♀ Bracon communis m. 1♀ ant. 25. Apanteles fulvipes group. 1♂ Microgaster tibialis 1. Cynipid, small, testaceious apterons sp.