SOME NOTES ON THE EGYPTIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 17 



U. ovATULA, Bed. — This species new to Britain occun-ecl with 

 /.. jhivtis at Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, May 3rd. 



Antennophorus (rRANDis, Berl.— On ants in a nest of Lasixs fuli- 

 i/iuunKs at Wellington College, June 19th. 



A. puBEscENs, Wasm. — On ants in nests of Lasins Jiavus at Whit- 

 sand Bay and Rame Head, in April. It is another addition to the 

 British list, and the first native specimen, taken by my friend Mr. Keys, 

 was riding on the chin of an ant, as is usual with Antennop/ionis. 

 On a special search being made next day for more we soon found it in 

 numbers. I subsequently found specimens on ants in a nest of Laaiiis 

 flanis, sent to me by Mv. Forsyth from Portland, and kept them alive 

 for some time in a small plaster nest with some ants. 



A. FORELi, Wasm. — This is also new to Britain. I swept a 

 specimen of Lasiiis niffcr at Abingdon, near Oxford, on July 12th, 

 which I perceived had, as I thought, an Antcnnop/torits on it. On 

 looking at it, when I had put it in a tube, with a lens, I found it had 

 two specimens of the mite on it, a <? and $ , one on the chin and the 

 other on the top of the head, they were vibrating the front legs 

 rapidly and tapping at each other round the ant's jaws. We now 

 possess all four species of Antennophorus in Britain. 



Uroobovella obovata, C. and B. — Taken with Lasiiis /lariis at 

 Whitsand Bay, in April, and Bradgate Park in May, also new to 

 Britain. 



CiLLiBANO coMATA, Leou. — In plenty on the larvte of L. ilai-ua at 

 ^^'hitsand Bay, in April, and very sparingly on larvie of L. nuji'v at 

 Whitsand Bay, and Luccombe Chine, Isle of Wighi. I kept some 

 alive for some time in a small plaster observation-nest. They always 

 remained fastened to the larvae of the ants. 



Sph.f.rol.elaps holothyroides, Leon. — I found a specimen of this 

 species with Laaius itinbrattiH at Woking, in May, and in some num- 

 bers with the same ant at Wellington College, in June. We now 

 possess 22 species of myrmecophilous Acari as British, of which I 

 have had the good fortune to add 15 species myself. I must again 

 thank Mr. N. D. F. Pierce for his kindness in identifying most of my 

 specimens for me. 



Myrmecocorus iSeeds. — I have not been able to collect many seeds 

 from ants this year, the following, however, are such as I have found. 

 Melica uniflora, the wood Melick. — I took a number of these 

 seeds from the ants at a nest of Lasins fidif/inosKs at Darenth Wood, 

 as they brought them up to the nest. Tliis seed belongs to one of the 

 types of seeds attractive to ants by reason of the food stored in them. 

 Cardamine Seeds. — I found a great number of seeds in many of 

 the nests of Tetnunorinin caespitttm at Whitsand Bay, in April. Pro- 

 fessor Weiss tells me they are those of Caniainine, probably either 

 tiexttosa or hinuta. There does not appear to be any reason why the 

 ants should collect them, as they do not possess food bodies. 



Some notes on the Egyptian Lepidoptera. 



By (Miss) D. .J. JACKSON. 

 A short account of ;i few lepidoptera taken ijy myself in Egypt 

 daring the spring of 190)S, may be of interest to some of the readers 

 of this magazine. I observed very few different kinds of butterflies ; 



