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157. 23rd July 1952. A windless, very hot, humid day, after a misty night & morning. Went out about 10 AM. (Daisy & I) & spent mid day along shore of Loch Tay, E. of the Lawers Burn; & came back to hotel via the "wood" or "glen" along the tributary stream between the road & Lawers Burn. Collected in three areas as follows:- 1. = Lane; beneath cherry & ash trees at foot of lane to pier; & a few along shore just E. of pier. 10.0 till 11.30 AM 2 = Along shore of L. Tay, E. of Lawers Burn, before & after lunch. 12 noon-2 PM. 3 = On way up glen to road. 2.30-3.30 PM. Lawers, MP. Taken at 1 (lane, &c.) Myrmica ♀︎, winged Dryinid ♂︎. Andrena coitana ♂︎ on Parsnip Ichneumonid ♂︎. Cryptinids 6. Pimpla detrita group ♀︎, small, ant. 21. 158. 23.7.52, cont. Lawers, MP., cont. Taken at 1, cont. Homocidus cinctus ♂︎, ant. 21. H. pectoratorius small ♂︎, ant. 20. H. cf flavolineatus ♂︎, ant. 24. Stenomacrus laricis ♀︎, ant. 27. St. cf. [[strikethrough]] vafer? [[/strikethrough]] 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 20 & 21. Tryphon elongator 1 on Cow Parsnip. Mesochorus Porizonid ♂︎. = Campoplegids 3. Plectiscid 1. Bracon fulvipes ♀︎. B. pictipes miki ♀︎, ant. 24, terebra ca. length of abdomen. AWS. 24.8.52. Colastes braconius 2♂︎♂︎. Apanteles cf. pallipes ♀︎. Microplitis cf. trochanterata Thoms. (vidua Marshall fide Thomson) ♂︎ Perilitus cf. basalis Curtis ♂︎, ant. 18. Meteorus cf. delator Hal.? 1♂︎, 1♀︎, ant. 26 & 24 respectively! Diospilus capito ♀︎. [Blacus, &c. P.T.O. ->] Opius cf. stenops m. 1♀︎, ant. 24. O. victus Hal. ♀︎, ant. 32. Pentapleura pumilio 1♂︎, 1♀︎. Tanycarpa mitis m. ♂︎, ant. 32: very typical!