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121. 27.6.54, cont. Taken at 4. W. & E. of old pier, Lock Tay shore, as far as mouth of Lawers Burn, MP. [13 mounted & these labelled 17.1.1955.] Cryptinids 15: mainly Hemiteles, Atractodes, & Phygadeuon ♂︎♂︎: none mtd. Orthopelma crassicornis sp.n. ♂︎, ant. 20: very stout short antennae. Promethes sulcator & Zootrephus sp. 1♂︎ of each: neither mtd. Campoplegid 1: not mtd. Apanteles sp. 1: not mtd. Microplitis sp.? ♂︎ Euphorus pallipes 2: not mtd. Meteorus scutellator ♀︎: not mtd. Opius crassipes W. ♀︎, small, black, open mouth, curved tail = O. brevistigma miki! O. xanthogaster ♂︎: not mtd. O. (B.) procerus ♂︎ O. (B.) wesmaeli ♂︎, ant. 39. Alysia manducator large ♂︎, ant. 41. Pentapleura 2, very small, dark legs, ♀︎♀︎. Phaenocarpa conspurcator & livida, 1♀︎ of each: neither mounted! Aspilota nemoralis m. ♀︎, ant. 18; also a possible ♂︎ with darker legs, damaged, ant. +19. A. Dacnusa areolaris group 7: none mtd. D. cf. uma Nixon: small ♂︎, ant. only 34. D. sp. near dirona? ♀︎, ant. 27. D. eros Nixon: ♀︎, ant. 37. D. cf. asramenes Nixon, ♂︎, ant. 37. Ephedrus plagiator? 5: none mtd. Aphidus sp. 1: not mtd. Proctos 6: 1 Diapriid mtd. = Chalcids 2 = neither mtd. 122. 27.6.54, cont. Taken at 5. Glen of tributary to Lawers Burn (lower part). 6.15-6.45 P.M. [31 mounted from 5 & these labelled 22.1.1955.] Sawfly: Pteronidea sp. ♀︎: not mtd. Cryptinids: 9: 4 mounted as follows:- Hemiteles sp. small ♀︎, ant. 20. Phygadeuon sp. small ♀︎, ant. 18. Atractodes? ♂︎, large, red, ant. 25. Gen. et sp.? ♂︎, ant. 26, red & black, small, alutaceous abd. = [Polysphincta sp. ♀︎: nothing like this mounted! A.W.S. Jan. 1955.] Monoblastus sp. parasitic on L. laricis 3♂︎♂︎: not mtd. Polyblastus cf. rivalis ♀︎, ant. 30. Cteniscus? sp. ♂︎, ant. 29. Tryphon signator? ♀︎, face nearly all yellow, ant. 33. T. cf. vulgaris? ♀︎, ant. 34. Promethes pulcher ♂︎, ant. 22. Zootrephus sp. ♀︎, ant. 20. Homocidus sp.: 2: not mtd. Hadrodactylus cf. typhae? ♂︎, ant. 46. Campoplegids 2 = Meloboris ♀︎, ant. 32. Nepiera concinna ♀︎, ant. 30. Plectiscids 2 = Helictes mediator Schiödte ♂︎ ant. 26; Aperileptus sp. ♂︎, ant. 22. Eubadizon extensor ♀︎ not mtd. Bracon satanas ♀︎, ant. 34; very fine: heavily sculptured! Sigalphus sp.? ♂︎, ant. 23; tergite 3 smooth! Perilitus aethiops, ♂︎, ant. 28. Meteorus scutellator, v. dark ♀︎, ant. 33. Blacus paganus ♂︎, ant. 19. Centistes lucidator ♂︎, not mtd. Leiophron?: apparently not mtd. A.W.S. 26/1/55. Opius xanthogaster ♂︎ & ♀︎; neither mtd. O. cf. exilis 2♂︎♂︎ (ant. 24 & 27), 1♀︎ (ant. 25). Pentapleura pumilio ♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Alloea contracta ♂︎: not mtd. Aphaereta tenuicornis ♀︎, ant. 24. Phaenocarpa conspurcator ♂︎ Phaenocarpa pullata ♀︎, ant. 34: although Marcus Graham has previously taken this species at Lawers, this is my first! Aspilota 2 = A. nemoralis m., ♀︎, ant. 19. A. sp.? ♂︎, ant. 21, near last but dark legs! A. (Synaldis) 1: not mtd. Orthostigma cf. melanostigma? ♂︎, ant. 22; propodeum rounded, rugose, +/- dull!