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129. 1.7.53, cont. Killin, MP. (under lime trees). Taken at 3. 2.20-2.50 P.M. Cryptinids 8, including a brachypterous ♀︎ Phygadeuon & this only mounted = Phygadeuon cf. gravenhorsti ♀︎, ant. 19. Mesoleid ♂︎ = Mesoleius cf. napacus Holmgr. ♂︎, ant. 37. Stenomacrus (Neurateles) cf. pusillus Holmgr. ♀︎, ant. 19. - in coll.! Mesochorus sp. small sp. ♀︎; ant. 29. Exothecid ♀︎, large = Exothecus politus miki, ♀︎, ant. 38. Apanteles fulvipes group 1, not mtd. Centistes lucidator 1♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd. Eurytenes abnormis ♂︎, ant. 36. Opius geniculatus Th. 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 40 & 41. O. cf. nigrescens m. ♀︎, ant. 20+. O. sp. neaar saevus Hal., but tergite 2 mainly aciculate; ant. 37, stigma not elongate, sternuali deep, scarcely smooth. Adelura sylvia ♀︎, ant. 35. Aspilota devisa S. & G. ♀︎, ant. 18. A. efoveolata Th. ♀︎, ant. 22. A. cf. rufifemur m. 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 21 & 23, but legs rather pale & slender; terebra of one withdrawn? A. carinata m. ♂︎, ant. 24, cf. ♂︎ from Lawers, (2) 28.6.53. A. (Synaldis) sp. ♂︎, ant. 23, dark legs. Dacnusa petiolata ♀︎, ant. 43. D. elegantula 1 Proctos 9: none mtd. Chalcids 3: none mtd. 130. 1.7.53, cont. Lawers, MP., evening = 1.7.53 (4). In hotel in evening took ♀︎ Pachyprotasis rapae & a ♀︎ of the Hemiteles bicolorinus group - ♀︎, ant. 26, on window in sitting room. 2nd July 1953. Another hot sunny day after a misty morning, but not quite so hot, except in shelter, as a fresh E. breeze blew all day after 10 AM. Took (Daisy & I) 10.30 AM. bus to Comrie Bridge & walked to Taymouth Castle woods on left bank of R. Tay below Kenmore, Mid Perth. Collected into three suckers as follows:- 1 = roadside from Comrie, especially under oaks & along the beech avenue parallel to the R. Tay, where also birch, alder, oak, Mercurialis, & much Epilobium (Rose Bay!): 11.30 till 1.0 PM. 2 = same ground in reverse direction. 2.0 till 4.0 PM 3 = marshy ground below high steep bank of former course of R. Tay. 4.-4.15 P.M. All labelled Kenmore! Met Marcus Graham & Nora Schepens in beech wood at 1 P.M. for lunch & returned with them to Comrie to catch 5.15 bus from Aberfeldy back to hotel at Lawers.
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