120 [May, 



whether tlie members of the different nests of M. vindex referred to 

 above were friendly to each other. 



M. forficata F. — 4 ^ g . Under log in bush, Victoria, near Heales- 

 ville, Narbethong, Springbank. One ^ has a ^ of Gamponotus ferru- 

 qlnifes, sp. n., fixed to its leg. " When the two were captured and put 

 in the same box, the Camponotns seized the leg of the Ponerine. When 

 the box was opened a few hours later the Gamponotus was dead but still 

 holding on tightly to the living Myrmecin.'''' — E. B. P. 



One deiilated $ was taken under a log in the same locality 

 (7?. Kelly), and 3 5 under a stone near Black Spur in the same district 

 {E. B. P.), 15.viii.l4. 



Amhlyoponeferriiginea Sm. — S ^ ^ . From nest under stone. Blue 

 Mts., N.S.W., near Mt. Victoria, 23.viii.14. 



A. australls Erichs. — 2 g ^ . Victoria, Healesville to Narbethong, 

 Maryville road, 15.viii.l4. 



Eitponera {Brachyponera) lutea Mayr. — ^ c? . Near Perth, 

 Yallingup to Mammoth and Lake Caves, under log or stone in bush, 

 31.vii.l4. 



^ ^ , 5 c? d, and one alate $ were taken by H. M. Griles at Mun- 

 daring Weir, near Perth,3.viii. 14, and a single deiilate $, taken at an 

 earlier date by the same collector, bears the note " Probably Perth 

 District." 6 6 and 2 $ of this ver}^ abundant species are often taken 

 after the marriage flight without ^ ^ , and it was probably from such a 

 S and $ that Mayr described the sexes of his species, as he says " Broh- 

 ahly belonging to this species." Up to recent years I had never received 

 either J d or $ $ taken with the ^ ^ , and therefore when Prof. Poulton 

 showed me some ^ ^ and one dealate $ (queen) taken together undei- a 

 stone close to the platform at Picton Junction, near Perth, l.viii.l4, the 

 $ differing entirely from Mayr's $ , it occurred to me that this $ was 

 the true female of JE. Jutea. I described this ant in 1918 (Ent. Eec. 

 XXX. 5, p. 86) as the true 5 of this species, or alternatively a " B " form. 

 There is no doubt, however, that the 5 described by Mayr is the typical 

 5 of lutea, and therefore the very interesting one discovered by 

 Prof. Poulton must be considered as a "B " form. It is just possible 

 that it may be a parasitic $ of another species, though this is not 

 so probable from its appearance. I have recently received many S d and 

 2 ? taken in nests with -g ^ from different parts of Australia, all the 

 2 2 being the typical forms. It is a verj^ variable ant as regards colour, 

 ranging from pale yellow to almost black in the same colony, and 

 numerous myrmecophiles are found in its populous nests. The figures 



