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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. 177. 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.