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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



it to be regarded as a chance occurrence. Notothecta anceps, Er., is. 

 recorded with 1^ . exsecta as well as with F. riifa on the Continent, and I 

 have found it with the former in plenty at both Bournemouth and 

 Aviemore. 



C'ri/ptocephalus fulvus, Goez. — On April 16th, 1910, I found in 

 a nest of Lasins fidiijinoims at Wellington College a small case with 

 a larva in it, very like a tb/thra case in miniature, which I concluded 

 must contain a Cryptocephalns larva. I brought it home and placed it 

 in a small plaster nest Avith a few of the ants and some of the black 

 material and contents of their nest. The larva crawled about with its 

 case like a small Clijthra larva, and fed on the refuse of the nest. 

 It enlarged its case in the same way as a Cb/thra larva does. There 

 was a little sand in the nest, and the part added to the case showed a& 

 a rim of difi'erent colour to the rest of the case. It fastened itself to 

 a bit of wood at the end of May. The beetle unfortunately hatched 

 whilst I was away in Scotland between June 8th and June 19th, 

 My assistant (M. Cutmore) did not like to remove the beetle in my 

 absence, and it was killed either by the ants or some of the Myrme- 

 doniae which were present. I found its wing cases, thorax, etc., and 

 the empty and broken larval case in the debris of the nest. In nature 

 the beetle would promptly escape from the nest as does Clythra. 

 Chitty recorded the capture of Cryptocephabis 6-ptinctatiis near a nest 

 of F. riifa, and expressed his opinion that it had come out of this nest 

 [Fnt. Rec, 1901, p. 250), and Wasmann suggests that from some short 

 notes by Weise it is probable that all the species of Cryptocephabis 

 change to pupae in ant's nests {hrit. ] er. d. Myr. u. Ter. Arth.y 

 1894, p. 159). 



CocciD^.. — I have recently received some Cuccidae back from Mr, 

 Green, which he has kindly named for me. These are Ripersia 

 subterranea, Newst., taken in a nest of Lasiiis nii/er at Box Hill,. 

 May 8th, 1910. 



Ripersia tnndmi, Newst., with L. niyer, Box Hill, May 8th, 1910, 

 and with the same ant at Sandown, Isle of Wight, April 24th, 1909,. 

 and May 14th, 1910. The localities for these two species are all new, 



Dactylopitis, sp. I found a number of a coccid with ]Vasma7iniai 

 auropnnctata, at Kew, which Mr. Green believes to be the young of a 

 Dactylopins. 



AcARiNA. — Mr. N. D. F. Pearce has also returned to me some more 

 of my Acarl captured with ants. They are some of the more difficult, 

 and Mr. Pearce does not express his opionion on these specimens- 

 without doubt. 



Uroiliscella ricasoliana, Berl. (?) A single specimen taken in a nest 

 of F. rnfa at Weybridge, April 20th, 1910. I have only found it with 

 Lasius fitbyinosus before, and Berlese (Redia 1903, p. 340), only gives 

 the same ant. 



Uropliteba oratida, Berl. (?) With L. fiarns at Box Hill, May 1st,. 

 1910, and in some numbers with Myrmica laevinndis. May 20th, 1910, 

 in the same locality. 



Laelaps cuneifer, Mich. (?) Several large and curious looking 

 specimens in a nest of />. fidiyuiosnsat Darenth Wood, April 2nd, 1910. 



Laelaps iiiyrmnphibis, Mich, (?) Took a single specimen with F. 

 fusca at Box Hill in May. 



It seems to me to be best to record these specimens now, and I 

 may be able to get them verified on some future occasion. 



