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and a single Bomhi/ria rimijialia were taken from the ragwort, where 

 also Apamea secalis (ociilca) and Caradrina quadripunctata were common. 

 Amoebe olirata was abundant in the glens but in very poor condition, 

 Lyiiris testata, was common on the moors, and two or three Coremia 

 deminata of a very small form were taken, but the insect of the locality 

 at this tune of the year is certainly (Jidaria iiniiiauata, which occurred 

 all over the district and exhibited an almost endless range of variation. 

 Folia chi was taken from the walls, Pemnea caledoniana and P. aspersana 

 were common, Scoparia cemhrae, Pionea lutealis, Aniyresthia seniites- 

 tacella and a single Pionea femif/alis, and a few Crambus pinellns were 

 taken . 



September 5th. I had an afternoon at Irvine. A single Aijlais 

 urticae was found on a thistle. Thera nheliscata (variata) was disturbed 

 in some numbers from the pines in fine condition and very variable. 

 Several Depressaria nervosa and Peronea schalleriana were taken. On 

 September 8th Peronea rarieijana and single Tortrix niiifasciana 

 and OchKenlieiiiieria hisontella were boxed from a fence in Pollokshields. 

 On the 12th I tried to obtain a few Pliihalapteryx lapidata on the 

 Lanarkshire Hills, but rain coining on just at the time of flight, I was 

 forced to abandon my search and make for the station. Only a single 

 specimen was obtained, along with a few Tapinostola fulra and Celaena 

 liaivorthii. 



October Brd. Thera oheliscata {variata) was still to be taken in 

 good condition at Johnstone. On the 24th, an afternoon at Whistle- 

 field produced Oporabia diliitata in some numbers. Several Cerostonia 

 radiatella and a single Cidaria siderata were shaken from foliage, and 

 a single L-'cronea inixtana was netted on the hillside. 



Novembsr 7th. A fine afternoon at Milngavie, where over a dozen 

 Cliaeniatobia boreata were taken, Cevostoiita radiatella and Peronea 

 ferriKjana were common, and two dark ? s of Oporabia diliitata were 

 obtained from oak. And on the 21st, though it was a frosty afternoon, 

 C. boreata and C. radiatella could still be taken there. 



New Myrmecophilous Aphides. 



By FRED. V. THEOBALD, M.A., F.E.S. 



The following are descriptions of some new species of Aphidae 

 found in ants' nests. With the exception of two (Aphis leontoduniella 

 and a MacrosiphiiDi) they were collected by Mr. Donisthope, and 

 found amongst the large number of Myrmecophilous plant-lice that 

 he has sent me. This collection also included several unknown 

 stages of some previously described species and enabled me to trace 

 the complete life-cycle of some, notably of Anoecia corni, Fabricius, 

 which is a serious pest to wheat and other cereals, as well as grass, in 

 parts of Europe, and which seems to be one of the commonest Myrme- 

 cophilous species, the ants appearing to look after the oviparous 

 females and the eggs just as they do those of Aphis maidisradicis, 

 Forbes, in America. 



TrAMA DONISTHORPEI, nOV. Sp. 



Apterous viviparous female. Head, thorax, antennse, and legs dark ; abdomen 



