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139. 15th July, 1952. A fine day with much hot sun at Killin but showers over Ben Lawers & at times a strong cold NW wind. Went by 9:35 bus to Killin (Daltry, Marcus Graham & I only) & swept insects in 4 areas as follows, until 3 P.M. when I walked to station to meet Desmond Meikle who had come from Kew (via Belfast & Glasgow) to join the party. 10.0-12 noon 1. = under lime trees by road to pier on L. Tay. 12-12.45 2. = along R. Lochay, left-bank, above wooden bridge, & edge of plantation N. of 1. 1.30-20 3. = Marsh & especially around circular pond on flat between railway & loch, just S. of a level crossing 1/2 mile above pier. 2.0-2.45 4. = under limes on return from 3. Killin, MP. Taken at 1. [49 mtd. & these labelled Sept. 1952] Cryptinids ca. 12: only 2 mtd. = Hemiteles gracilis group, ♀︎, ant. 19. Pezomachus sp. 1 minute fuscous ♀︎, large head, ant. 17. Glypta cf. mensurator ♂︎, ant. 31, but declivity of propodeum strigose & not smooth & punctured. Promethes sp. not mtd. Acrodactyla madida ♂︎, ant. 24. Bassus deletus ♀︎: not mtd. Stenomacrus (Neurateles) laevissimus miki (see p.151) ♀︎, ant. bitten off. St. (N.) cf. pusillus ♀︎, ant. 18. St. cf. curvicaudatus ♂︎, var. with no areolet, ant. 27. St. sp.n.? ♀︎, ant. 24; runs to deletus Thoms., but wont fit! AWS. 5.10.52. 140. 15.7.52, cont. Killin, MP., cont. Taken at 1, cont. Mesochorus: not mtd. Plectiscids 3 = Miomerus cf. rectangulus Thom. (?♂︎), ant. 19. Helictes cf. pilicornis Th. ♀︎, ant. 29. Pantisarthrus cf. inaequalis ♀︎, ant. 19. Campoplegids 3. Bracon fulvipes? ♀︎, terebra less than 1/2 abd., ant. 35. Also a smaller ♀︎, ant. 31, with terebra ca. 2/3 length of abdomen! Colastes braconius 2♂︎♂︎, small. Microplitis spectabilis 2♀︎♀︎. Blacus tripudians 2 (both ♀︎) ant. 19. Diospilus capito ♀︎: not mtd. Opius geniculatus ♀︎, ant. 39. O. lunulatus, 1♂︎, 1♀︎, dark, ant. both 26. Also a small ♂︎, ant. 25; rather teneral? O. cf. levis Wesm. 3♂︎♂︎, probably this species though hind coxae are pale & not fuscous & one has not smooth tergite 1, ant. 22, 24 & 24. O. (B.) impressus ♂︎, ant. 41. (? procerus rec. in days list; not mtd.) Eurytenes abnormis ♀︎, ant. 34. Aphaereta sp. 4 ♂︎♂︎: 3 only mtd. = one rather robust ♂︎, ant. 25 is +/- typical tenuicornis Nix. Two minute fragile, pale, ♂︎♂︎, ant. 22 & 23 are presumably also tenuicornis, but might be minutus. Alysia tipulae ♂︎, ant. 43. Alysia cf. soror Marsh. ♀︎, small; ant. only 33; 3rd ant. seg. short! Agrees fairly well with M's. description!! AWS. Phaenocarpa ruficeps ♂︎: not mtd. Aspilota efoveolata ♀︎, ant. 22. A. cf. laevifossa ♂︎, ant. 25; sternauli broad & short, &c. A. cf. laevifossa? a larger, more robust ♂︎ than last ♂︎, ant. 26. A. cf. laevifossa ♂︎, ant. 25. A. sp.? ♀︎, ant. 20. A. sp.? ♀︎, ant. also 20; but stouter tergite 1 than last. A. cf. fuscescens ♀︎, ant. 18, legs rather dark. Also a ♂︎, ant. 23. A. sp.? ♂︎, with slender 25-seg. ant., & dimple. A. cf. tumida m. ♂︎, ant. 21. A. (Synaldis) cf. concolor 1 small ♂︎, ant. 19. A. (S.) sp. ♀︎, ant. 18.