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9.7.54, cont.  Keoldale Area, Durness, cont.

After lunch continued N. along the cliffs & saw much Epipactus atrorubens, but not many bearing flower spikes & these all out of reach cf. both sheep & me.  Had afternoon tea on coast near pier & then walked slowly back to Durness by road, but did not collect after tea.  The following insects swept during the day.

(46 mtd. & these labelled 24.9.63 ["Keoldale" SS. AWS.])

Sawflies 3: Selandria morio ♂︎; Pachynematus ♀︎ in Iris bed.
Dolerus sp.? ♀︎ in sandy marsh, where Equisetum arvense.
Anteon sp. ♂︎, not mtd.
Bethylus fuscicornis, small ♀︎.
[& a small Procto. very like a Bethylus: not mtd.! AWS.]
Bombus distinguendus ♀︎ watched for some time on roadside 1/2 mile S. of Durness;  otherwise only B. muscorum, lapidarius & lucorum ♀︎♀︎ seen & no smaller Aculeates.
Cryptinids 12, including Pezomachus sp. ♀︎ from shore of Loch with antennae missing.
Hemiteles apertus ♂︎, ant. 21.
Phygadeuon? sp. ♂︎, ant. 26.
Atractodes sp. ♂︎, ant. 22.
Exolyus? sp. ♀︎, ant. 23.
Glypta cf vulnerator? ♀︎ in sandy marsh, ant 39
Promethes dorsalis ♀︎.
Zootrephus  1
Promethes pulchellus  ♀︎
Stenomacrus  ♀︎
Mesoleids?  2
Meloboris  1 & the common Campoplegid of this district = Nepiera concinna ♀︎ about 30, ♂︎ & ♀︎  1♀︎ only mtd.  Ant. 30.
Mesochorus sp.  3♀︎♀︎, one carrying the polinia of an Orchid:  ant. 41, 42, 42.


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9.7.54, cont.  Keoldale area, Durness, cont.

Thersilochus sp.  ♂︎, ant. 19.
Apanteles  5♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎ spp:  all are A. pallipes!  AWS. 1963.
Euphorus pallipes  2♂︎♂︎, ant. 22-23.
Diospilus capito?  ♀︎, ant. 22;  tergite 1 rugose!!
Opius 2 = annulicornis sp. n. ♂︎.  Type!  Ant. 27.  Very near aurantipes miki, but proximal ant. segs. deep red, annulated with black!  AWS. 1963.
Opius cf. exilis  ♂︎, ant. 23, with almost interstitial recurrent n.
Pentapleura pumilio 11, some black, some pale legs:  ? all one species.
Phaenocarpa conspurcator 10 (♂︎ & ♀︎)  1♂︎ mtd. ant. 29 pronotum red.
Ph. ruficeps  ♂︎
Aspilota 5 = A. concinna  ♂︎ ant. 21.
A. rubripes, a minute ♂︎, ant 17.
A. (Synaldis) cf. concolor, 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 19-20.
A. nigrescens ♂︎, ant. 20.
Dacnusa areolaris group 11, including pubescens & maculipes & 4 others.
Dacnusa marsyas, small ♀︎, ant. 32.
D. (R.) lestes  2♀︎♀︎, ant. both 22;  small!  & 1♀︎ doubtful, ant. 21.
D. (R.) areolaris?  A small ♀︎ with very dark legs & long radial cell.
Chaenon anceps  2♂︎♂︎, ant. 62 & 63.
Coelinius sp.?  black fore & mid legs, ♂︎, ant. 38.
C.  3♂︎♂︎, pale legs & abd. = "N. sp. Sligo", ant. 38, 40 & 40.
Ephedrus validus  ♂︎, ant. 11.
Monoctonus caricis & nervosus  1♂︎ of each: not mtd.
Aphidius spp. 3:  2♂︎♂︎ mtd., ant. 18? & 19.
Proctos ca. 12 } none mtd.
Chalcids 11 } none mtd.
Cynipid 4 } none mtd.