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207. 21.6.47, cont. Corrie Fee, cont. Luzula spicata frequent & on summit & on top part of path in Kilbo corrie; also a very pretty little form of L. campestris [[strikethrough]] or multiflora [[/strikethrough]] ?; Carex pulicaris, C. rigida very abundant & variable in size, &c.; C. atrata frequent & some lovely patches seen; C. panicea; C. vaginata very frequent on wet slopes & dripping rocks in many places & very distinct when once seen; C. pilulifera; C. flacca (glauca) rarely seen; C. flava group, but none more than showing flower; C. binervis frequent & very variable as to width of leaf, &c., on lower parts of cliff slopes; Lycopodium Selago, L. alpinum v. rare; [L. clavatumm rare & only seen by deer-track in Corrie Kilbo]; Selaginella; Polypodium Dryopteris rare & P. Phegopteris very abundant; Cystopteris fragilis; Polystickum lonchitis; Blechnum, & also everal plants on cliff in gully where we had tea which looked mature (with fruit!) & resembled Woodsia, but were hairless - possibly only juvenile Cystopteris, yet they bore fruit! Except a few beetles & one Ichneumon, no insects of interest seen during the day: the Ichneumon is a ♀︎ & seems to be certainly Ichneumon vulneratorius Zett., with red patch on mesonotum, red scutellum & post-scutellum, tricoloured abdomen & antennae, & curious yellowish-fuscous wings. Ant. 33-segmented. 208. Sunday 22nd June 1947. A fine day, much sun, but with keen N. wind. Spent forenoon sweeping for insects about 1/2 mile below the hotel Clova, on left bank of R. Esk. Swept marshy areas, particularly one full of sedges (C. curta, ampullacea & Goodenowii), in moraine N. of road, & surrounded by old birch trees, which were also swept. Here took the following insects:- (96 mounted from 1 & these labelled 13.2.50 et seq.) Glen Clova, Angus. 11 till 12.30 noon: = 1 Salius fuscus ♀︎ & sider which it was carrying! Antaeon spp. 5♂︎♂︎. Dolerus aeneus 3♂︎♂︎ D. picipes 1♂︎, 1♀︎ Atractodes sp. 4 (♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎), ant. 19, 20, 20, 21 & 24. Pimpla flavicoxis? 2♂︎♂︎, ant. both 27. P. detrita group ♀︎, ant. 21. Phytodictus sp. ♀︎, ant. 24. Homocidus ♂︎, ant. bitten off. Zootrephus suspiciosus? ♂︎, ant. 20. Promethes pulchellus ♂︎, ant. 25. Polyblastus varitarsus 1♂︎, ant. 38. P.? sp.? 2♂︎♂︎, ant. both 28. Mesoleius? sp.?, ant. 28. Cteniscids 2♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎: lent to Kerrich.