fokmicidt:. 15 
Plate XLI. fig. 4. 
Miscus campestris. <^ 
Ml. Niger, metathorax in medio depresso et a latere oblique striato, 
abdominis segmento secundo et tertio rufo. (Long. Corp. 7—9 
liu.) 
Mi. campestris, Van de Linden Hym. i. 92. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. 
Black, pubescent : metathorax with a faint longitudinal depression, with 
slanting lateral striae : abdomen with the apex and the band, the whole 
of the second and the base of the third, segments red. In the male 
there is a black patch on the back of the second segment. 
Found in Dorsetshire, and in the New Forest: and in the 
greatest profusion on the heaths near Weybridge, Surrey, in June 
and July. 
FORMICID^.. 
Plate XLII. fig. 2. 
Ponera contracta. 
+Po. Elongata, subcylindrica, fusco-hrunnea ; antennis pedibusque lu- 
tescente brunneis. (Long. Corp. If — 2 lin.) 
Fo. contracta, Latreille. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. 
Elongate, nearly cylindric, deep brown glabrous and shining : antennae 
short, reddish-brown ; mandibles pitchy-red : abdomen with the second 
segment separated by a stricture from the first, its margin as also that 
of the others pitchy-red : legs brownish-yellow or ochreous. Females 
with very indistinct eyes ; neuter without eyes, and wingless. 
Found in the neighbourhood of Chelsea and Pimlico, in June. 
In the collections of Messrs. Westwood and Ingpen. 
