SOME NOTES ON THE GENUS MYRMICA, LATR. 45 



IRELAND. — Antrim, Armagh, Tyrone, Donegal, Dublin, Wick- 

 low, Wexford, W^estmeath, Mayo W., Galway E., Cork S., Kerry. 



\VALES. — Glamorgan, Carmarthen, Pembroke, Carnarvon 

 Anglesey. 



The following Myrmecophiles have occurred with this species in 

 Britain : — 



CoLEOPTERA. — Atf Hides cnwri/iyHitiia, Pk. Guestling, Wychling, 

 Chesham, Box Hill, Pamber Forest, Porlock, etc. {DonUilmrpc). 



Mipiiietlouia linibata, Pk. Doddington, Bembridge and Cannock 

 Chase [Dnnisthorp/"'). 



Ih-iisilla canalicidata, F. Guestling, Porlock, and carrying an ant 

 in its jaws at Ditchling [Jtonisthorpe''''). 



tliniialota analis, Gr. Porlock, May 16th, 1907 ; Bradgate Park, 

 May 2nd, 1909 {Donhtliurpe). 



Stap/ii/linns stercorariua, 01. Forth Bridge {Donixtliorf.e''^). 



Batrisiis fnrmicariiiis. Smith'''' records the capture of a beetle under 

 this name in a nest in Yorkshire. The true Batrisus formicariiis, Aub., 

 is not in the British list. It is possible that Smith referred to 

 Batrisoiles (Batrisiin) re)tiistiis, Reich., a species which occurs in 

 Britain, chiefly with ants.* 



FoRMiciD.i; : — Mi/rweciua i/raiiiinicola, hatv. 2 and eight ^ ^ in a 

 nest of this ant, under a stone at Box Hill, September 6th, 1912 

 (Donist/ioriw). 



IcHNEUMONiD.E : — Fcioiiiachiis aijiiis<ir(mc'usu, Forst. Bentley 

 Woods, Suffolk {Morleif'). 



Braconid.t; : — Pac/n/li>iiiiiia hucrata, Breb, Freshwater Bay, Pem- 

 brokeshire [MarshaW^). 



Proctotrupid.e : — E.ralloiii/.rfaniipennix var. ilonisthorjiei, Kief. Two 

 specimens were taken in a nest under a stone {Arnold''-). 



CocciD.T. : — Ortheziola rejdorslnji, Sulc. Several specimens at 

 Porlock {Dnnisthorpe'^'-^). 



Araneina : — llijtiiiarac/iiii' {Salticii)^) foiiiiictcriii^, De G. ^ and 

 two 2 ? at Sandown, I. of W., and a young 3" at Luccombe Chine 



(Dnuisfhnr/,,''' ••■ ^■\) 



4a. Myrmica sabuleti, Meinert, Kong. Danske Viedensk. 

 Selsk. Skrift., v., 1861, p. 827. ^ c? ( ? unknmvn). 



" ^ : — Reddish-yellow ; gaster darker above ; antennal scape bent 

 almost at right angles ; base with a tooth, and on the upperside with 

 a high sharp longitudinal keel; frontal flaps large, ear-shaped; frontal 

 portion wholly or partially wrinkled ; sides of head irregularly 



«« Trans. Ent. Soc. Lovd., 1909, p. 403. 



'>7 Ent. Record, 1911, p. 60. 



'•" Ent. Record, 1907, p. 2.55. 



''•' I'rans. Ent. Soc. Lond., -1, iii., 1855, p. 116. 



™ Brit. Iclmeum., ii., 1907, p. 386 



71 Tram. Ent. Soc. LoiuL, i., 1899, p. 78. 



7^ Ent. Record, 1908, p. 106. 



" Ent. Mo. 3Iaq., 1911, p. 179. 



7* Zool., 1908, p. 424. 



•?•' Ent. Record, 1909, p. 290. 



* Since the above was written I have acquired the specimen in question from 

 Smith's collection. It is the B. vcintstus, Eeich., and is labelled " Yorkshire July 

 18.52." 



