1911.] 179 



tarsi, and, particularly by the much shorter first joint of the posterior 

 tarsi, the much finer and more diffuse punctuation of the luider side of 

 the middle and posterior femora, and the much less curved posterior 

 tibiae in the (J . The sedeagus resembles that of L. dnhia in structure, 

 and is much more rounded at the apex than in L. brunnea. L. aUjirica 

 is an uncommon species. Most of the specimens I have seen are from 

 the Oxford district. 



Bradfield, Berks : 



May 28th, 1911. 



COERECTIONS. 

 P. 168, last line but one, omit " not." p. 170, section 10, for " leng-th not 

 exceeding' 3 — 4 mm.," read " length not exceeding 3 — 5 mm." 



ON A COCCID NEW TO GREAT BRITAIN: WITH NOTES ON 



ALLIED SPECIES. 



BY E. ERNEST GREEN, P.E.S. 



That indefatigable investigator of ants' nests, Mr. H. St. J. 

 Donisthorpe, has submitted to me for determination, from time to 

 time, various Coccidm taken in association with ants. For the most 

 part, these gatherings have consisted of the subterranean members of 

 the genus Bipersia — principally formdcarii, tomlini, and donisthorpei ; 

 but Orthezia cataphracta has also occurred. 



Amongst a small collection recently received from the same 

 source, I recognize two other Ortheziines. One of these is Newsteadia 

 floccosa, Westw., associated with F. ftisca ; the other — four examples 

 of which were taken from a nest of Myrmica scabrinodis, at Porlock 

 (Somersetshire), in April of the present year, — proves to be the 

 curious little species Ortheziola vejdovshyi described by Sulc, in 1894 

 (Sitzb. K. Bohm. Ges. Wiss., No. 44, p, 5), from specimens collected 

 in Bohemia, and hitherto (to the best of my belief) recorded from no 

 other locality. 



The present examples are worn and discolovu-ed by contact with 

 the soil, and are, consequently, not such ornamental objects as those 

 figured in the original description of the species ; but there can be 

 no doubt as to their identity. The greatly reduced antennje, the 

 undivided tibio-tarsus, the arrangement of the waxy lamellae, and the 

 bare median tract on the dorsum, all agree absohitely with Dr. Sulc's 

 description and figures (Joe. cit.). 



