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158, 11th July 1954. A fine day, but mainly dull with cool E. wind. Did not go anywhere, but in forenoon collected in field near coast N. of the hotel (= 1) & in afternoon went to the plantation inland of the road to Rhiconich 2 miles S. of Durness in which I collected on 8th & collected there for an hour & also swept some insects on the roadside on the way to the plantation (= 2). These all labelled Durness. On the limestone craggy-knoll, between the plantation & Durness Dryas octopetala & Carex capillaris are two of the commonest plants & on that nearest the plantation I feel certain I saw non-flowering plants of Epipactus atrorubens. Durness, N. Sutherland. 11 till 1.20 noon. Taken at 1. (Fields near cliffs, for 1/4 mile N. of Parkhill Hotel). [24 mtd. from 1 & these labelled 28.9.1963.] Ant. Leptothorax caespitum, ♂︎: Swept near edge of cliff. Dicaeolotus rufoniger, Var.?: ♀︎, ant. 24: abd. mainly fuscous; hind femora entirely red! Cryptinids 15: 3 only mtd. = Phygadeuonids: 2 spp., ♂︎♂︎, ants. 25 & 27 = Exolytus? sp. ♂︎, ant. 29. Mesoleid 1 = Mesoleius sp. ♂︎, ant 39. Bassus annulatus Stenomacrus 2 = St. curvicaudatus ♂︎♂︎, but doubtful! Ant. 25 & 26. Campoplegids: common sp. 10 & 2 others = Meloboris sp. ♂︎, small & slender, ant. 34. Olesicampa? cf. fulviventris, but speculum not matt; ant. 36, ♂︎. Porizonid ♂︎, ant. 29 = 159. 11.7.54, cont. Durness cont. Taken at 1, cont. Sigalphus caudatus or floricola? 2♂︎♂︎, ant. both 24 Apanteles difficilis? ♀︎. Pentapleura pumilio 5 none mtd. Phaenocarpa ruficeps ♂︎ not mtd. & conspurcator ♀︎ not mtd. Aspilota 2 = A. cf. minutissima ♂︎, var. with dark legs? Ant. 21. Dacnusa areolaris group 11: none mtd. Coelinius ♂︎: cf. n. sp. Sligo: ant. 40. Monoctonus caricis ♀︎, not mtd. Aphidius spp. 7: 1 mtd. = Aph. cf. pterocommae ♀︎, ant. 18. Praon (volucre large ? ♀︎) ant. 22; or this ♀︎ could be a dark example of P. dorsale Hal. but? So labelled! AWS. 1963. Proctos 12: none mtd. Chalcids 2 } none mtd. Cynipids 5 } none mtd. Dipteron } none mtd. Sawflies. Dolerus ♂︎ Pachynematus ♂︎ P. rumicis ♀︎ Taken at 2 (Plantation 2 m. S. of Durness & E. of road & roadside. 3.30-5 P.M.) [26 mtd. & these labelled on 30.9.1963.] Dolerus aeneus ♀︎: not mtd. Bethylus: not mtd. Aethecerus?? sp. ♂︎, ant. 25. Cryptinids 5: none mtd. Alexeter fallax ♂︎, ant. 45. Syndipnus lateralis, ♂︎, ant. 36 Mesoleius cf. gallicus ♂︎, ant. 34. Cteniscids 2♂︎♂︎, ant. 28 & 29. Bassus tricinctus ♂︎: not mtd. Promethes sulcator ♀︎, not mtd.
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Dicaelotus rufoniger