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160. 11.7.54 (2) cont. S. if Durneaa, cont. Stenomacrus 3♂︎♂︎ = St. cf. merula ♂︎, ant. 26. St. cf. femoralis ♂︎, ant. 27. St. cf. affinis (agg.) ♂︎, ant. 23. Campoplegids 3: none mtd. Oncophanes lanceolator 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 22 & 23: mesopleura smooth & shining. Apanteles 7: none mtd. Diospilus 1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎: none mtd. Opius levis? ♂︎, ant.24. Pentapleura pumilio 3: none mtd. Orthostigma ♀︎. Phaenocarpa conspurcator: not mtd Aspilota 4 = A. tumida miki, small ♂︎, ant 17. A. cf. fuscicornis Hal. ♂︎, ant. 17. A. cf. fuscescens miki, ♂︎, ant. 23. A. sp.? ♂︎, ant.21, rugose prop., with dimple. Dacnusa areolaris group 15, & six others. D. postica ♂︎, ant. I think 38: not very typical! D. sp. ♀︎, dark ♀︎, ant. 28 cf. mitra? D. elegantula ♀︎, ant. 28. D. elegantula also a ♂︎, ant. 32. D. gilvipes ♂︎, ant. 29. D. sp. ♂︎, ant. 27. Monoctonus caricis ♂︎, not mtd. Aphidius 1: not mtd. Proctos. 6: 2 Belytids only mtd. = Cinctus cf. cameroni, ♀︎, scutella fovea transverse! Alista sp.? ♂︎. Chalcids 12: none mtd. Cynipids 2: not mtd. Diptera 2 = Gadfly: Clegg: 161. 12th July 1954. Left Durness by 8.15 AM. bus & arrived Lairg at 11.15. Stayed again at Miss MacPherson's at Bridge-end & in afternoon was driven by a Mr. & Mrs. Graham (of Glasgow?) to the Falls of Shin where were many people watching the salmon trying to negotiate the fall. I spent an hour & a half sweeping the steep S. side of the gorge - mainly birch wood & took the following insects there:- Falls of Shin, S. Sutherland. 2.30-4.0 P.M. [31 mounted & these labelled only on 3/10/1963.] Anteon ♂︎ = Rogas irregularis 4 dark ♀︎♀︎; 1♂︎ mtd. only: ant. 51. Apanteles spp. 6: 2 only mtd. = A. pallipes ♀︎ A. sicarius ♀︎: agrees well. Microgaster 2♂︎♂︎. {One labelled Oct. 57 & sent to Nixon! =} {the other on 3/10/1963 = M. cf. globatus] Euphorus cf. pallipes group, 1♂︎, 2♀︎♀︎, cf. pallipes but frons & pleurae not heavily punctured! Ant. 24 (♂︎), 21 & 22. Opius stenops miki, ♀︎, ant. 25. Aspilota 5 = A. albiscipes? ♀︎, ant. 21. A. sciurella? ♂︎,ant. 24. A. nigrescens? small ♂︎, ant. 20. A. (Synaldis) distracta? small ♂︎, ant. (21?) A. (Synaldis) cf. temporalis? ♂︎, ant. 22. Orthostigma sp.? ♀︎, ant. 19. Dacnusa areolaris group 4. D. adducta, large ♀︎, ant. 31. D. diremta ♂︎, ant 35; tergite 2 & 3 very red! D. bellina, small ♂︎, ant. only 23. Ephedrus 2: 1 mtd. = plagiator ♀︎, ant. 11 Aphidius 2: not mtd. Ichneumonidae! Hemiteles cf. pulchellus Grav. (areator group): ♀︎, ant. 21. Glypta (Conoblasta) creatites ♀︎, ant. 35. Polyblastus cf. propinquus? ♂︎, ant. 29; abd. not black at apex! Perilissus filicornis ♂︎, ant. 41. Mesolieus lobatus Thoms.? ♀︎, ant. 28: fits description perfectly. Mesoleptus prosoleucus ♂︎, ant. 36.