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p. 113, B. enphrosyne ab. rnsalka, Fruhst. ; var. densoi, Fruhst. ; B. 

 daphne var, nikator, Fruhst. ; Heodes virrfaureae ab. osthelderi, Fruhst. ; 

 p. 120, ab. alexandrae (2), Fruhst. ; Loiveia alciphron ab. isokrates, 

 Fruhst. ; ab. romanoriun , Fruhst. ; var. r/audeoltis, Fruhst. ; Chryso- 

 phanus hippotJw'e ab. eisalpina, Fruhst. ; Epinephele lycaon ab. salona, 

 Fruhst. ; ab. nikokles, Fruhst. ; ap. macropltthalma, Fruhst. ; p. 121, 

 ae. ephiaius, Fruhst.; E. jurtina ab. phormia, Fruhst.; Aphantopus 

 kyperanthiisvsbv. r///77n<.s, Fruhst. ; p. 130, Satyruft briseis ab. hataia, 

 Fruhst. ; ab. turatii, Fruhst. ; p. 133, Pararye tnaera ab. atabyris, 

 Fruhst. ; ab. ordona, Fruhst. ; ab. herdonia, Fruhst. ; p. 134, var. 

 silyiiibria, Fruhst. ; P. vieifaera var. depulcerata, Fruhst. ; P. deidamia 

 ab. interriipta, Fruhst. ; var. thyvia, Fruhst. ; Aranda {Pararye) 

 Kchrenckii ab. vienalcas, Fruhst. ; Erebia adyte ab. ayrmia, Fruhst. ; ab. 

 etobyma, Fruhst. 



Myrmecophilous Notes for 1909. 



By H. St. J. K. DONISTHOEPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 (Continued from p. 259.) 



CoLEOPTERA. — Atemeles PARADOXUS, Gr. — Some six specimens were 

 dug up out of nests of F. rufibarbis var. fitaco-rKfibarbis at Whitsand 

 Bay, Rame Head, and Tregantle, in April, by ray friend, Mr. Keys, and 

 myself. The beetle was very scarce, and all the specimens were found 

 deep in the nests, very many nests being dug up to obtain these few 

 specimens. 



DiNARDA PYGM.EA, Wasm. — This species occurred as usual in these 

 nests, and we had a most striking illustration of how this beetle is 

 confined to nests of F. rufibarbis var. fitsco-rufiharbis. All the nests at 

 Whitsand Bay belong to this species, on the other side of Rame Head 

 more nests are true F. fusca, and in the Meavy Valley all the nests but 

 one were found to be those of F. fusca. In this one nest of F . rnp- 

 barbis var. fusco-rujibarbh, we found Dinarda pyymaea, but never in 

 the F. fusca nests. 



Atejieles emarginatus was found with F. fusca in the latter 

 locality. F. ftiftca is a cowardly and shy ant ; when a nest is 

 disturlied they all vanish, this is not the case with F. var. fusco- 

 rHfibarbis. Mr. Hamm sent me a F. fusca nest from Shotover, near 

 Oxford, on .July 12th, containing some eggs, ^ s and pupae. In it 

 I found two larviTB of Ateiueles euiaryinatus. These were carried 

 about by the ants, as they did their own pupfe, and fed. On July 

 15th, one of them was placed on the bunch of eggs. I eventually put 

 them into spirit, as I was using the nest for experiments with F. 

 sanguinea, $ s. 



Lojiechusa strumosa, F. — On May 10th, I noticed a Lo)iiechusa in 

 a small nest of F. sanyuinea, from Woking, laying eggs on the ants' 

 eggs in the nest. 



Dinarda dentata, Gr. — Occurred as usual with F. sanyuinea at 

 Woking, and, in plenty, in company with many of its larvae, with the 

 same ant at Bewdley. I introduced a specimen into a F. rufibarhis var. 

 fusco-rufiharbis observation nest on July 23rd, it lived in this nest till 

 September 14th, when I removed it and put it into my F. exsecta 

 nest, where it is still alive, October 29th. 



Dinarda hagensi, Wasm. — On April 26th, I found specimens of 



