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217. 10.6.44, cont. Lyracappul & Corrignabinnia, LK. cont. on escarpment west of Lyracappul & chiefly between summit & col towards Corrighnabinnia, over which the mist & SE. wind were pouring & evidently bringing insects from the southern slopes. One Swift nearly hit Daisy in head & several came within easy reach of my net when sweeping. Wren & Meadow Pipit the only birds heard singing in coomb around L. Curra & Ring Ouzels not seen today (we were on other side of lake from last day -2.6.44) Heron seen at about 1200 ft in stream bed on way up to gully in forenoon Lyracappul is really a knife-edge, blunted a bit on top & the col between it & Corrignabinnia is only a few yards wide. It is made of 6 very rotten O.R.S. conglomerate & affords excellent habitats for the rarer plants: also its scarps 218. 10.6.44, cont. L. Curra, ST. (= 1) Insects taken at 1 (see p. 212): swept on wet plateau overlooking S.E. corner of lake, at ca. 2,000 ft. & a few on slopes above. [21 insects mounted from 1 & these labelled 2.1.1947!] Dolerus aeneus ♀︎ frequent, one taken Pachynematus 2♂︎♂︎, one swept on plateau the other seen clinging to rush & captured. Diptera 2, red thorax, curious antennae [[image]] [[captions]] black, red arista! [[/captions]] = Loxorena aristata. Cryptinids 1♂︎ with no trace of aleolar vein = Polyaulon ♂︎ ant. 17. & 1♀︎ = Phygadeuon sp. ant. 20. Stenomacrus curvicaudalius √ 2♀︎♀︎, one with, one without, areolet; antennae (both) 25-seg. Blacus trivialis? ♀︎, ant. 17. Aspilota nigrescens ♂︎, ant. 20. A. immitator m. or small surcularia ♀︎, ant. 15, curved radius therefore more likely surcularia! AWS. 2.1.47. Dacnusa cf. areolaris, 1♂︎, 3♀︎♀︎, ant. 22(♂︎), 21, 20 & 19 (3♀︎♀︎) Aphiduis cf. sonchi? ♀︎, ant. 16. Platygasters 2 = Chalcid 1 = Cynipid 1 = Beetles. 18. (Given to E O'Mahoney.) [[right lower margin]] Also one water-beetle (Agabus bipustulatus L.) taken in rain-pool on ridge W. of L. Curra at ca 2,600 ft. on Co. LK. side of boundary!
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