SOME NOTES ON THE GENUS MYKMICA, LATB. 4& 



Mi/r)nica siilciiiodis, Smith, Trans. Ent. See. Lend., 2, iii., 1855, p. 

 119. ' ? ? c?. 



Antenxa of M. sulcinodis, 5 . 



In the ^ and $ the scape of the antennsB is abruptly bent near 

 the base, and the club is more or less distinctly three jointed ; the 

 frontal area is strongly longitudinally striate ; the spines of the 

 epiuotum are long and strong, and the space between smooth and 

 shining ; the thorax, petiole and post-petiole coarsely rugose. In the 

 ^ the scape of the antennae is about half the length of the funiculus, 

 and only gradually curved at the base ; the club is said to be four- 

 jointed (ForeP'), or four or five-jointed (Emery''*). In all the specimens 

 I have seen the club is distinctly five-jointed. The frontal area is 

 coarsely longitudinally striate. This species and lobicornis are the two 

 darkest in colour. 



Distribution. — North Europe and North Asia, direct east to 

 Manchuria and Amurland ; further south in the mountains, Pyrenees, 

 Alps, Appenines, Balkans, and Caucasus. 



I have bred males and winged females from pupag taken in the 

 nests at Nethy Bridge in .June. Wheeler" records and figures a 

 pseudogyne, but he does not say where it came from. 



British distribution: — ENGLAND. — Dorset, Hants., Surrey, Essex, 

 S. Berks., Warwick. 



SCOTLAND. — Ayr, Edinburgh, Perth Mid., Aberdeen S., 

 Easterness. 



IRELAND. — Antrim, Armagh, Donegal, Mayo W. 



WALES. — Glamorgan, Anglesey. 



The following Myrmecophiles have occurred with this species in 

 Britain : — 



CoLEOPTERA. — Ateiiielen ewariiinatiis, Pk. Woking, 4. x. 00. [Dnnis- 

 tliorpe). 



Dnisilla canaliciilata, F. In the same nest as the above. 



4. Myrmica scabrinodis, Nyl., Acta soc. sc. Fennicte, ii., 3, 

 1846, p. 980. ? ? (? . 



Mi/ninca rubra, Curtis, Trans. Linn. Soc, xxi., 1854, p. 213. 



In the ? and 2 the scape of the antennae is bent at a right 

 angle at the base, and is furnished with a more or less developed 

 lateral tooth at the bend ; the club is more or less distinctly three- 

 jointed ; the frontal area is smooth and shining except at the base, 

 where some of the stria? of the front continue on to it ; the epinotum 

 is transversely rugose between the spines. In the S the scape is very 

 short, being equal in length to the first three joints of the funiculus, 

 more or less ; the club is more or less distinctly four-jointed. 



53 Fowniis de la Suisse, 1874, p. 79. 

 «o Deutsch. Ent. ZeitscJtr., 1908, p. 174, 



i;i D,,7; 4,,,,,^ 7Tr,.., Ar„» zj;,t ;;; ^ 



■" uetiiscn. Hiiii. y.enscnr., lyuo, p. 174. 



'•1 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxiii., 1907, p. 43, PI. IV., figs. 45 and 46. 



