96 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



Mesonotum finely striated longitudinally. Middle of seutellum smooth and 

 shining. Spines long, about one-third as long as basal face of epinotum. 



Antennffi, mandibles, mesonotum, legs, and front of first segment of gaster, 

 entirely reddish-yellow; head, seutellum, and remainder of gaster, dark brown. 



L. 3'7mm Sub. -sp. cordcaZis, Sch., var. with longer spines. 



From the ? found at Pangbourne. 



Mesonotum coarsely striated longitudinally, middle of seutellum smooth and 

 shining. Spines medium length or long. 



Colour varying from yellow to dark reddish brown ; antennal club brownish, 

 middle of femora brown. 



L. 3-6mm.-4-5mm. . . . Sub-sp. affinis, Mayr. 



This description is taken partly from ForeP® and pai'tly from 

 Donisthorpe's ? , the only one I have been able to examine. This 

 ? is of the dark variety, the whole of the gaster being dark blackish- 

 brown, and the ant measures 3-6mm. 



Mesonotum and seutellum finely striated longitudinally. Spines medium, 

 longer than in unifasciatus , but not so long as in nylanderi. Dark brown ; club of 

 antennne dark blackish-brown, rest of antenna, mandibles, legs, and sometimes a 

 patch on the front of the first and second segment of gaster, yellow. 



L. 3-7mm.-4-0mm Sub-sp. tuberum (s.str,), Fabr. 



Mesonotum more coarsely striated than in tuberum {s.str.). Seutellum 

 smooth and shining in centre. Spines rather shorter than in tuberum (s.fitr.]. 



Club of antennas, top of head and thorax, pedicel, and a broad indistinct band 

 across the middle of the first segment of gaster, and a narrow one across the 

 succeeding segments, dark blackish -brown. Mandibles, legs, and rest of antennae 

 yellow. 



L. 3-6mm. . . . Sub.-sp. tuberum (s.str.), Fabr., var. passing to inter- 

 ruptus, Sch. 



From two ? s bred in the nest taken at Seaton. 



Mesonotum finely striated longitudinally. Seutellum smooth and shining in 

 centre. Spines long, longer than in tuberuiii (s.str.). 



Dark brown, often blackish ; mandibles, antennae except the club, legs, and a 

 small indistinct patch on the front of first segment of gaster, yellow. 



L. 3-7mm. . . . Sub-sp. interruptus, Sch. 



Mesonotum finely striated longitudinally. Seutellum smooth and shining in 

 centre. Spines extremely short. 



Yellow ; club of antennae, top of head, seutellum, pedicel, middle of femora, 

 and a broad distinct band across the middle of the first segment of gaster, and a 

 narrow one across the succeeding segments, dark brown. 



L. 4mm.-4-5mm Sub-sp. unifasciatus, Latr. 



(To be concluded.) 



Lepidopterology.^' 



By Dr. T. A. CHAPMAN, F.E.S. 

 The two volumes, one of text and one of plates, constituting the 

 Vllth Fasciculus of the Lepidopterohxjie coinparee, are a splendid 

 monument to the talent and energy of M. Oberthiir. It begins Avith a 

 resume of the action of the Entomological Congress of 1912, and a 

 criticism of its proceedings and deliberations on the subject of nomen- 

 clature, and especially on the question of good figures. Much of this 



ly F. de la Suisse, p. 88. 



* ^Uudes de Lipidopterologie comparee, par Charles Oberthiir. Fasc. VII. 



