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238. 8th July 1939. A fine morning after a wet night with much hot sun till 4 PM. when rain again set in. Wind S.S.W. rather strong. Spent morning in Arisaig, but did not collect there. On roadside between Arisaig & the Allt Cam saw a few Bumbles & other Aculeates during hot sunburst about noon & later collected a few insects by sweeping along roadside at same place & along sheltered side of small overflow channel that drains southward into Arisaig bay. Roadside 1 mile N. of Arisaig, W(est) I(nverness) = WI Noon, & 3 till 4 PM. 25 insects kept & these labelled 29/10/41. AWS. Bombus muscorum ♀♀ & ☿☿ frequent. B. lucorum ♀♀ & ☿☿, only a few. B. hortorum 1 torpid ♀ at "Skye river" Psithyrus barbutellus 1♀, very fresh, at same spot as last. Andrena tarsata 1♂. A. fucata 1 faded ♀. Halictus albipes 1♀. Dipteron Nomada flavoguttata 1♀ var. with no yellow spots on abdomen. 239. 8.7.39 cont. Arisaig district, cont. Pompilid, red. 1♂ seen in grass by road at noon. Crabro varius frequent on scrub in overflow channel. Sawfly:- Selandria morio 1♀. Phaeogenes 1♀. Cryptine ♂, with 24-seg. ant. Pezomachus gonatopinus? 1♂. Hemiteles small sp. 1♂. "Polysphincta" subrufa Bdg. One beautiful ♀, with 28-seg. ant. This sp. is really a Polyblastid fide JFP. Angitia? sp.? 1♀, antennae broken (X). Angitia?? sp.? 1♀, antennae 32-segmented. Mesochorus sp. 1♀, with 37-seg. ant. Apanteles sp. 1♂. Euphorus pallidistigma? 1♂, 1♀, small, with 16-seg. antennae. Aspilota [[strikethrough]] communis [[/strikethrough]] vulgaris? miki. 1♂, 1♀, with 22 & 19-seg. ant. Proctos. 5. Heard a Corncrake near outlet of Allt Cam on 7th & another near Arisaig on 8th: the first heard during the trip. Saw 1♂ Common Blue, a few Small Heaths & Meadow Browns, one faded Euphrosyne on 8th. "Moonwort", Thalictrum dunense? very common on sands & Orchis purpurella?, O. elodes, hybrids, Habenaria viridis & H. conopsea seen. Empetrum very fine at sea level, but no Arctostaphylos seen.