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154. 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. 155. 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.