14 THE entomologist's kecord. 



and in the sugar for iceing cakes. These would no doubt be the ^ s. 

 The J of this species is wingless, and Wheeler''' states it is indis- 

 tinguishable from the worker, except in the structure of the genitalia. 

 P. pioictatisHiiiia was described by Roger i who found it in houses in 

 Germany. Forel| recorded a large colony in the masonry of a wall at 

 Vaux. It was first taken in this country by Henry Squire who found 

 several specimens in a bake-house near Burton Crescent, London, 

 where G. Stokes captured it again in 18G0. Mrs. Varley found 

 several specimens in her kitchen in Robert Street, Hanipstead Road. 

 In 1877 Charsleyij recorded several ^ s of a Ponera, which he queried 

 as P. oc/iracco, taken in the earth in a conservatory at Oxford. 

 Subsequently he§ described it (female, worker major and minor) as a new 

 species and proposed the name of P. tarda for it (it proved to be piaic- 

 tatissiiiia). He pointed out that it must have been long established 

 in this conservatory, and mentioned that a species of Mi/rwica 

 inhabited the same bed with the Ponera, and associated with it in 

 perfect harmony. Farren White" discovered a large colony in a hot 

 house at Minchinhampton. Saundersf captured a winged female at 

 Bromley in Kent, flying in the evening, at some distance from any 

 houses. It is recorded from a bake-house at Colchester :|:, and as taken 

 by Hall at Deal||. On March 17th, 1906, a 2 and ^ were taken in 

 flood refuse at Whitstable§ , by Chitty and me. Walker has found the ^ 

 in the bone heap at Queenborough. These are all the British records 

 that I am aware of. At Kew I discovered the sub-species F. pnncta- 

 iixsiiiia, sub-species bocroritni, described by Forel from South Africa. 

 In 1908 I took a few ^ s in the Fern House, and a winged J in the 

 Palm House. This winter Mr. Crawley and I found it again, the ^ s 

 were very scarce in the Fern House, but not uncommon under pots in 

 the Palm House. It is not eas}- to detect, as it is of much the same 

 colour as the shingle on which the pots rest. 



Mr. Crawley and I have recently collected together, on several 

 occasions, in the Hot Houses at Kew. We found most of the species 

 present that I have recorded before, and we added one to the Kew list, 

 viz., Tetramoriini) gidneense, F. It is abundant in one of the smaller 

 houses, a J and many ^ s, were secured. It was first found by 

 Brewer, in this country, at Sheerness in 1866, and F. Smith '■ added it 

 to the British list as Mi/rmica knllari, Mayr. Farren Whitef found it 

 in great numbers in a hot-house at Easting. Subsequently, in 1894, 

 he found it in the Botanical Gardens, Regent's Park. Pegler J took it at 

 Retford. Crawley takes it in a conservatory at West Leake, Notts., 

 where he first discovered it in P'ebruary, 1909. He tells me it is very 

 abundant, and must have existed there for a long time. Of other 



* Journal of Experimental Zool., viii., 4, 1910, p. 429. 

 t Berl. En't. Zeit., 1859, p. 446. 



I Fourmis de la Suisse, 1873, p. 222. 

 I, Ent. Mo. Mag., xiv., 1877, p. 69. 



<> I.e., p. 162. 



* Antf and Their Ways, 1895, p. 239. 

 i Hymen. Acid, 1896, p. 29. 



+ Vic. Hist. Essex, 1903, p. 99. 



II Vic. Hist. Kent, 1908, p. 116. 

 § Ent. llec, 1906, p. 161. 



* Ent. Ann., 1871, p. 60. 

 t I.e., p. 242. 



I Vie. Hist. Notts., 1906, p. 91. 



