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176.

19th July 1954. 

Went by 10.30 bus to Comrie Bridge & walked to grounds of Taymouth Castle on left bank of Tay 1 mile before Kenmore & had lunch at 1 PM.  Then crossed foot bridge & down right bank of Tay to the farm bridge & eventually back to Comrie Bridge to catch 5.15 P.M. bus from Aberfeldy to Lawers.  Collected in five areas as follows:-

1 = roadside from Comrie Bridge to E. Lodge of Tay with Castle grounds.
[[44 mtd. from 1 & these labelled 24.10.63]

Epitomus  1 not mtd.
Cryptinids 14: only 3 mtd. = Pezomachus fasciatus ♀︎, ant. 21.
Pezomachus cf. anthracinus  ♀︎, ant. 18:  V. small specimen!
Exolytus or Atractodes  ♂︎, ant. 24.

Pimpla  ♂︎: not mtd.
Lissonota, runs best to artimisiae, but??:  ♂︎, ant. 39.
Mesoleius cf. napaeus Holmgr.
Cteniscus? sp.  ♂︎, ant. 26.
Homocidus obscuripes  ♂︎, ant. 19, dark var. like a Bassus, with grooves across tergites 2, 3 & 4.
Polyblastid?  ♂︎, ant. 26:  very interesting!! = Erromenus?
Picrostigeus recticauda  ♀︎, ant. 29;  also a ♂︎, ant. 28.
Campoplegids 5: only 1 mtd. = Olesicampa fulviventris?  ♂︎, ant. 37, but speculum not matt & does not agree in several other characters.
Bracon cf. [[strikethrough]] larvicida [[/strikethrough]] scotica sp.n.  ♀︎, ♂︎ & ♀︎:  ♀︎ only mtd. ant. 26.  ♂︎ came from 2, ant. 31.  Same sp. I think as ♀︎ taken at Killin, (4) 15.7.1954:  but wont quite fit description of larvicida.  AWS.


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19.7.54 (1), cont.  Taymouth, Kenmore, MP., cont.

Sigalphus caudatus or floricola?  ♂︎, ant. 22.
Eubadizon flavipes  ♂︎, ant. 24.
Eubadizon extensor  ♂︎: not mtd.
Opius xanthgaster  ♂︎, ant. 26+ (bitten off!)  Var. with +/- interstitial recurrent n.
O. (B.) wesmaeli Hal.  ♂︎, ant. 41.
Alloea contract  ♀︎, ant. 19.
Pentapleura pumilio & angustula  ♂︎ each, neither mtd.
Aspilota 7: 6 mtd.  
A. cf. fuscicornis or picticornis?:  small ♀︎, ant. 16.
A. cf. fuscescens:  4♂︎♂︎, probably all this sp., though colour of tergite 1 variable:  ant. 21, 21, 23, 24.
A. cf. fumipennis miki:  ♀︎, ant. 21.
Aphaereta tenuicornis  ♂︎, ant. 26.
Phaenocarpa picistigma, conspurcator - stigma darker & broader than usual, ♂︎, ant. 32;  ruficeps - 1 dwarf ♂︎ mtd., ant. 24:  1♂︎ of each.
Dacnusa areolaris group about 40.
D. aphanta 4, D. melanocera 2 & 2 others = 
D. (P.) temula Hal.  ♂︎, ant. 27, with distinct notauli & fainty rugose sternauli!
D. cf. avesta Nixon?  ♂︎, ant. 31.
Ephedrus  1 not mtd.
Aphidius  2: not mtd.
Proctos ca. 25: 15 mtd. (1 Diapriid, 14 Belytids) =  } None mtd.


Chalcids 8 - except 1♂︎ brilliant green Torymid? =   } None mtd.
Cynipids  3. } None mtd.