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123. 27.6.54, (5), cont. Glen, Lawers, MP., cont. Dacnusa areolaris group 8: none mtd. D. elegantula 1: not mtd. D. diremta 1 D. eros Nixon ♂︎, ant. 40. Ephedrus plagiator? ♀︎: not mtd. Aphidius 1: not mtd. Proctos. 5: none mtd. Chalcids 3: none mtd. Cynipid 1: not mtd. Beetles 2: one mtd. = Hemipteron 1: not mtd. 28th June 1954. Left Lawers by first bus (7.45 AM.) for Aberfeldy & on by train to Ballinluig where had to wait an hour: which hour spent sweeping on right bank of the Tummel just above Tummel Bridge, in very nice sheltered ground with Oak, Ulmus montana, beech, alder, [[?]] &c. (= 1). Went on to Blair Athol where had to wait 2 hours for Inverness express & spent this time in woods on right bank of the river (Mid Perth) & had lunch. Very windy, but swept in shelter (= 2) in two places along tributary burns on steep hillside where found Juniperus communis & many other plants including to my surprise very tall Carex capillaris (about 200 feet above the river!) 124. 28.6.54, cont. Left Blair Athol at 1.1 PM. & reached Lairg in Sutherland just after 7 P.M. after spending 3/4 hour at Inverness where had aft. tea in carriage. Met at Lairg by our hostess Miss McPherson & driven to her house at "Bridge End" where stayed the night. Insects taken at 1. Right bank of Tummel, Ballinluig, MP. [31 specimens mounted & these labelled 30.1.'55.] Sawfly: Dolerus ♀︎. Anteon sp. ♂︎. Hemiteles sp. ♀︎: not mtd. Mesoleius ♂︎, ant. 32 = Bassus "tricinctus", large ♀︎, ant. 18. Stenomacrus sylvaticus 3♂︎♂︎, var. femoratus, ant. 27, 27 & 29. Campoplegid 1: not mtd. Mesochorus sp. v. small ♀︎, ant. 26. Plectiscid ♀︎ = Aperileptus sp. ♀︎, ant. 21. Colastes braconius ♂︎: not mtd. Rogas similis Curtis; ♀︎, ant. 34. Agrees with specimens so named in Haliday Coll. AWS. 31.1.1955. Meteorus scutellator pale ♀︎, ant. 32. Blacus hastatus ♂︎, ant. 21. Opius xanthgaster ♂︎, not mtd. O. victus ♂︎, ant. 32. Phaenocarpa ruficeps ♂︎, not mtd. Ph. livida ♂︎ & ♀︎, ant. 30 & 28. Aspilota crassifemur small ♀︎, ant. 25 & 2 poorly developed ♂︎♂︎ (?), ant. 26 & 24. A. cf. nemoralis m.? ♀︎, ant. 19. A. cf. tumida m. 2 starved ♂︎♂︎, ant. 17 & 18. A. cf. picticornis m. ♂︎, ant. 21, very nice specimen! A. (Synaldis) cf. fortipes ♀︎, very stout legs, but only 16-seg. ant.