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250. 13th July 1939 cont. Arisaig-Rhu, cont. [24 specimens kept & these labelled "Rhu" on 28/11/41 AWS.] Bombus lucorum ♀♀ & ☿☿ seen; rare. B. muscorum ♀♀, 1 few faded, seen. B. jonellus several ♀ near Rhu. Andrena gwynana 2nd brood, 1♂, 1♀ at basalt. A. coitana 1♂ on Hieracium at basalt. Halictus fregessneri ♂♂ on Hieracium on basalt. Athalia lineolata? 1♂ near pier at Rhu. Centeterus sp. 1♂ in scrub near Morroch. Platylabus dimidiatus 1♂. Phygadeuon or Hemiteles? small ♂ on sea-weed, with 18-seg. ant. Phygadeuon? sp. ♂♂ & ♀♀, common on pile of decaying sea-weed in 1st cove S. of pier at Rhu, during hot sun-burst. Hemiteles small sp. 1♂, with last, others seen on sea-weed, with 19-seg. ant. Mesoleptus cingulatus ♀ with red on mesonotum, ventes & sides of thorax, quite unlike fresh specimens which are without red! Syndipnus lateralis? 1♂. Hemipteron: Salda sp. amongst sea-weed. Buzzard seen about 1/2 mile E. of Rhu pier on return. 251. 14th July 1939. Raining from 8 AM. till 2.30 PM. when we left Arisaig for Glasgow & home. George left Arisaig by 8.32 A.M. train & travelling by Glasgow, Stranraer & Larne spent night in Belfast & rejoined us the following morning. We left by 2.37 train to Glasgow & arrived in Belfast by direct steamer at 7 AM. All caught 8.15 train for Dublin & reached home at 11.20. Did not collect on either day. END OF 1939 TRIP TO SCOTLAND.