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175. 22-7-53 (1), cont. Killin, MP., cont. Dacnusa asramenes or ninella? ant. 32. D. uma ♀︎, ant. 37. Coelinius cf. gracilis Hal. ♀︎, ant. 36. Ephedrus plagiator, large, ant. [[?1]] small ♀︎ Aphidisus cf. ersi Hal., small ♀︎, ant. 18. Proctos, common, but only 6 (loose in box!) mtd. = Chalcids: a few: only one little darling mtd. = Cynipids, Diptera & Coleoptera: one of each last only mtd. = { Taken at 2. (Between road & railway!) Cratichneumon albicinctus ♂︎, ant. 30. Gen. et sp.? black ♂︎, ant. 24. Centeterus sp. ♂︎: not mtd. Cryptinids 16 Hemiteles spp. 12, including aperta Th. not mtd. = Hemiteles sp. minute ♂︎, ant. 17. H. cf. longicauda? ♀︎, ant. 24. Leptocryptus sp. ♂︎, ant. 25 Phygadeuon cf. gravenhorsti? small ♀︎, ant. 18. Glypta ceratites ♀︎, not mtd. Stenomacrus cubiceps 2♂︎♂︎ (ant. 25-26) 2♀︎♀︎ (ant. 25-26). Stenomacrus affinis 5♂︎♂︎ (ant. 22-23), 1♀︎, ant. 23. St. minutus ♀︎, ant. 18. Picrostigeus cf. pumilus Hlgr. 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 24-25. Zootrephus sp. 1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 20-21. Mesoleiid ♀︎, dark abd., ant. 36. Mesoleiid ♂︎, red abd., no areolet, ant. 33. Mesoleiid 3♂︎♂︎, with areolet, face (1) black, (2) striped yellow, (3) all yellow, ant.s 46. Astiphromma leucogrammum? ♀︎, ant. 38. Also ♂︎ & ♀︎ Mesochorids not mounted. Anilasta tricincta ♀︎, ant. 29. Also 3 other Campoplegids not mtd. Bracon cf. tenuicornis ♂︎, ant. 30. Chelonus ♀︎, small, ant. 16. Microgaster globatus? ♀︎; also ? 1♂︎, not mtd. Apanteles infimus? ♂︎ not mtd. Microctonus sp. minute ♀︎, ant. 19. Meteorus scutellator very dark var.? ♀︎, ant. 33. Blacus ruficornis 2 (♂︎♂︎'s) not mtd. B. cf. humilis ♀︎, ant. 17. B. maculipes 7♂︎♂︎ (ant. 21(6), 22(1)), 4♀︎♀︎ (ant. all 20). Eurytenes abnormis ♀︎, ant. 34. Opius longicornis m. ♂︎, ant. 26. O. crassifemur m. ♂︎, ant. 24. O. cingulatus nobis olim non Wesm. ♀︎, ant. 34. Pentapleura angustula ♂︎, ant. 24. Pentapleura pumilio 2♂︎♂︎, not mtd. Phaenocarpus picinervis ♂︎, ♀︎ not mtd. Ph. conspurcator ♂︎, not mtd. Asilota jaculans Hal. ♂︎, ant. 24. A. cf. insidiatrix ♀︎, ant. 15. A. sp.? ♂︎ with dimple, slender 22-seg. ant. A. sp.? ♀︎, with dimple, ant. 20; also 7♂︎♂︎ near same sp., ant. 22(2), 23(2), 24(2), & 25(1). A. cf. latifrons 3♀︎♀︎, ant. all 19. a. cf. fuscicornis 1♀︎, ant. 16; also ? 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 18 & 19. A. sp. ♀︎, ant. 18, also 2♂︎♂︎, ant. X & 16. A. (Synaldis) sp. ♀︎, ant. 18. Dacnusa sp. ♀︎, ant. 34 near temula but sternauli crenate. Also a ♂︎ of ? same species, ant. 31, tergite 2 testaceous. Dacnusa tesmia Nixon ♀︎, ant. 32. D. (G.) siniffa, small ♂︎, ant. 27. Trioxys cf. auctus? ♂︎, ant. 13. Proctos. About 20 - none mtd. Chalcids 10: none mtd. Diptera: only 1 mtd., a small sp. with black, clouded wings. 176. 22.7.53, cont. Killin, MP., cont. Taken at 3 Centeterus opprimator ♂︎, ant. 24. Hemiteles sp. ♂︎, ant. 21, small, dark. Atractodes sp. ♂︎, small, ant. 21. Phygadeuon sp. ♀︎, ant. 18. Microleptes splendidulus ♀︎, ant. 16. Homocidus elegans, a very dark ♂︎, ant. 23. Syndipnus lateralis ♀︎, ant. 37. Plectiscid ♂︎, ant. 21 = Stenomacrus rugosulus sp. n. near sylvatica (femoralis) Holmgr. & merula Grav. but differs from former by curved radius & from latter by aciculate tergites 1 & base of 2, & from both by more rugose propodeum & rugose panel on side of pronotum, &c. 10♂︎♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, Type series! Ant. ♂︎♂︎ 25(1), 26(5), 27(2), 28(2). ♀︎♀︎ 25 & 26. AWS 27.12.53. The whole series put into coll. S. affinis ♀︎, ant. 23. Chelonus sp. ♀︎?, small, ant. 22; hind tibiae all red! Apanteles falcatus ♀︎. See Graham's letter of 21.3.54. Microgaster globatus ♀︎. Microgaster spectabilis ♀︎. Dacnusa cf. ninella ♂︎, ant. 30 Coelinius sp.? ♂︎, small, slender tergite 1, cubic head, ant. 43. Procto. 1 = Also quite a few not mtd. & not listed still packed up in paper packet: Ichneumonids, Proctos, Chalcids, &c. [NB. The box containing the insects coll. Lawers was posted home & arrived by error vai Parcel instead of Letter Post & some of the packets had broken loose & damage caused: also some of the contents of at least one packet, that of Killin, (1) 22.7.53, had spilled out & got damaged: 16 (? all from this packet) at least found loose on arrival & these mounted & labelled "? Killin, (1) 22.7.53" in August 1953. A.W.S.] all included in list of those taken at 1, see p.173. 23rd July, 1953. Left Lawers by noon bus & reached Glasgow at 4.45; left Glasgow at 9.0 PM & in Belfast at 7.0 AM; travelled by 8.15 train ex Belfast & home in Dublin by noon on Friday 24th. By canal above Buchanan St. Station Glasgow saw a baby plant of Osmunda regalis growing in the stonework just above water level near an oil wart.