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wingless form is widely spread in southern France and in Spain, and 

 seems to be frequently met with. 



In Petit. Nouvelles Entoml. Paris, 1877, vol. ii., p. 182 (not com- 

 pared), Mr. Bolivar, commenting upon Mr. Girard's opinion, that only one 

 species of Embia exists in Europe, and that probably an importation, 

 notes that a species is abundant in the larval form near Madrid, and is no 

 doubt indigenous. Mr. Girard, 1. c, p. 125, replies, and thinks the dis- 

 covery not opposed to his hypothesis. McLachlan, 1. c, p. 193, states 

 that there can be no doubt as to perhaps more than one species living in 

 Europe (of Record for 1877). 



Mr. Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1880, Ball, p. xcvii,, had found in 

 February, 1850, near Toulon, not far from the Fort Lamalgue, larvse of 

 E. Solieri below the humid stones. The larvae were rather agile, and live 

 like those of E. Mauritanica in silk tunnels made in hollow places of the 

 stones. During the whole larval time they have the power of producing 

 white silk to make tubes or tunnels in which they probably undergo their 

 transformation. Contrary to Rambur's opinion the larvae, at least of 

 E. Mauritanica, live isolated, and only the adults become gregarious. 



Mr. M. Girard, ibid. 1881, Ball, p. cxxxvi., reported E. Solieri larvae 

 colleected by Mr. Xamben, near Port Vendres (Pyrenees Orientales), in 

 March, below stones in silken tunnels, which are traps for insects. The 

 species is very different from E. Mauritanica and E. Savignyi, and was 

 also found by Mr. Lucas near Perpignan and Collioures. He adds that 

 these localities harbor other southern forms, as Fatissus Favieri. 



Mr. Lucas, ibid, 1882, Ball, p. clxxxv,, found near Ame'lie-les-Bains, 

 end of December and January, 1882, below stones, a few E. Solieri 

 larvae, long 9 to 12 mill, with 16, 18 or 20 jointed antennae. It is very 

 rare that both antennas of the same specimen have the same number of 

 joints. 



Mr. Lucas, ibid, 1883, Ball, p. xxvi., compare at some length E. 

 Solieri, the imago of which is still unknown, with E. antiqua Piot., in the 

 Prussian amber. He states that this species closely resembles in form 

 E. Solieri, but differs by its longer antennae, which nearly exceed the meta- 

 thorax, though in E. Solieri they do not exceed the mesothorax, 



McLachlan, Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xiii., p. 376, states that he possesses 

 ^. Solieri from Hyeres, collected by Mr. Pascoe under stones. 



