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241. 9.7.39 cont. Strath of Arisaig cont. Helictus 1 [[male symbol]] with 29-seg. ant. at 1. Proclitus 1 [[female symbol]] with 23-seg. ant. at 1. Plectiscus 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]] with 22 & 20-seg. ant. at 1. Bracon sp. 1 very small [[male symbol]], smooth 2nd tergite, 23-seg. ant. at 1. B. discoideus? 1 [[female symbol]] at 1, ? dark var. of this. Colastes braconius 1 small [[female symbol]] at 1. [Male, with wings torn off & ant. broken at 1. ? Exothecid or Opius = ] Apanteles cf circumscriptus 3 [[female symbol, female symbol]] at 1. A. decorus? 1 [[female symbol]] at 2. A. cf imperator Wilk.? 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]] at 2. Microgaster politus Marshall. 2 [[male symbol, male symbol]] at 1. Calyptus sp.? nov A beautiful [[male symbol]], showing 8 abd. segments: nearly 5mm in length, ant. 30-seg. Opius cingulatus 1 [[female symbol]] at 1, with 33-seg. ant. O. irregularis 1 [[female symbol]] at 2, 23-seg. ant. Aphaereta cephalotes 1 [[female symbol]] at 2. Phaenocarpa ruficips 1 [[male symbol]] at 1, 2 [[male symbol, male symbol]] at 2. Aspilota praecipus [[male symbol]] at 1, ant. 33. A. atra miki [[male symbol]] at 1, ant. 27. A. sp.? [[male symbol]] at 1, ? jaculans group, with 23 seg. ant., red petiole & short 2nd cubital cell. A. near cynipidis miki, but has broad wings, &c. 1 [[female symbol]] at 1, ant. 18. A. cf. vulgaris miki. 1 [[female symbol]] at 1, ant. 18-seg. A. rufata miki 1 [[female symbol]] with 16, & another (?) with more than 17-segmented ant., both at 1. A. cf. vulgaris miki 1 [[male symbol]], 1 [[female symbol]] at 2, with 23 & 17-seg. ant. resp. A. sp. near vulgaris? but stouter 22-seg. ant. 1 [[male symbol]] at 2. A. immitator miki 2 [[female symbol, female symbol]] & ? 1 [[male symbol]], very small, at 2 with 15, 14 & 22-seg. ant. respectively. Dacnusa areolaris 1 [[female symbol]], ant. 21-seg. at 1. D. laevipectus 1 [[female symbol]], 23-seg. ant. at 1, & also 1 [[female symbol]] at 2, with 22-seg. ant. Coelinius parvicornis Th.? 1 little [[female symbol]], with long head & only 32 seg. ant., at 1. Praon volucre? 1 [[male symbol]] at 1. Aphidius avenae? 1 [[male symbol]], 2 [[female symbol]][[female symbol]] at 2, dark legs, 20, 18 & 18-seg. ant. resp. Phenoserphid [[male symbol]] at 2 = Other Proctos. 2 - all at 1 = Cynipids. 4 at 1 = Chalcids. 1 at 1 & 4 at 2 = Beetles. (given to E. O'Mahony). Pezomachus sp. [[male symbol]] with red abdomen bred 1.8.39 from floated skin of dead caterpillar taken on this day & which had evidently been victimized by a Rhogas of the R. circumscriptus group. A.W.S. 16/2/1942. Put in box with Pezomachus! 242. 10th July 1939. A fine day, but after some considerable sun till about noon, quite dull with cool breeze from NW. Went by 10.48 train from Arisaig to Morar & after visiting the Falls of Morar walked up the N. side of Loch Morar to Bracora & ascended hill to N. Then returned via pine plantation to road & collected at intervals in this & under birch-oak scrub beside road back to falls. Insects by no means common, but vegetation for once quite dry. [122 specimens taken & these labelled 11/11/41 et seq.! AWS] N. shore of Loch Morar 11.30 till 5.30. Bombus lucorum [[female symbol, female symbol]] & [[juvenile symbol, juvenile symbol]] frequent B. muscorum [[female symbol, female symbol]] & [[juvenile symbol, juvenile symbol]] common. B. jonellus [[female symbol, female symbol]] frequent on hillside above Bracora Psithyrus quadricolor 1 [[female symbol]] on roadside Andrena coitana 1 [[male symbol]] near lower fall. Halictus fregessneri [[female symbol]] on brambles in gravel pit. Crabro varius 1 [[male symbol]] Vespa austriaca 1 [[female symbol]] at 5 P.M. by roadside Myrmica ruginodis 1 [[juvenile symbol]] kept } both frequently swept. Formica fusca } both frequently swept. Grayling Butterfly 2 Diptera = Sericomyia borealis & lapponum?
