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Lecanopsis formicariim Newst. — Mr. J. C. Fryer has sent me an 

 adult female of this rare Coccid, with a note that it was collected by 

 "A, Duffield, on grass roots, at Folkestone Warren, 8.V.1920." The 

 antennae of this example are 7-jointed, with several of the joirts showing 

 signs of fusion. Another specimen, taken by Mr. Fryer on roots of 

 Elymus arenarius at Hunstanton (Norfolk) in tlie month of June, 



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Fig. 7. — Ripersia scirpi. Adult $ : a, ventral aspect, X 30 ; b, antenna, X 135 ; 

 c, smaller pores, X 450 ; d, larger pores, X 450 ; e, mid leg, X 135. 



proves to belong to the same species ; and Mr. F. R. Tomlin informs me 

 that he took several examples of the insect at Llangonydd (Glamorgan) 

 during the first week of May. 



With regard to this species, I have Prof. Newstead's authority and 

 permission to say that he now regards his Lecanojysis b?-evicornis as a 

 nvmphal stage of formicarum. His reasons for this decision are stated 

 in the following quotation from a letter dated 24.vii.1919 : — 



"At Aberhosan (Montgomeryshire) I found examples r>{ Lecunopsisformi- 

 caru7n ; some in the crowns of tardus stricta, aud others deep down in wet 



