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Various colonies were observed there, as usual, under bark and stones, 

 andthe 2 2 (a fact which I have often noticed before, and which is recorded 

 by Forel'% as well as the ^. ^ carry the larv.ie and papfB, and remove 

 them into safety, but Hamm tells me he has seen the ^ also carry 

 the larvie ! In July a colony consistintr of <?<?,$ $ and ^ ^ , was 

 found under a stone on a nifa nest in the New Forest. Instances'' 

 of this ant in other ants' nests have often been recorded before. On 

 September 14th a small colony was found at Weybridge inhabiting a 

 fallen oak-apple. It consisted of a single deiilated 2 , 73 ^ ^ , and a 

 number of larvfe. 



Lt'ptnthiira.v tabennn var. tiibfro-affinix, Forel". — Crawley and I 

 found a number of colonies of this variety in the New Forest in July. 

 They were situated under stones, often in connection with 7\'traiiioviii\n 

 nests, and contained S S , winged and deiilated 2 ? » ^ ^ and brood, 

 and in one or two a single deiilated 2 and ^ ^ . 



Subfamily Dolichoderin;e. 



Tapinnum erraticiim, Latr. — On May 12th a colony of this ant was 

 found under a stone on a bank at Woking, which consisted of three 

 deiilated 2 2 , ? ^ » larvte, and a large number of ^ and 2 pupfe, and 

 some ^ pupa3. I took home the whole colony and established it in a 

 plaster nest, hoping to rear the winged sexes of which I do not possess 

 British specimens. In spite of the fact that the ants were supplied 

 with plenty of food, they devoured all the 3 and 2 pupae. A number 

 of the S pupae were reared and the colony is still in good condition 

 to-day (January 26th), and eggs and young larvae are now present. Forel® 

 also records that 5 ^ devouied S and 2 pupae in captivity, and only 

 reared ^ ^ . On July 28rd Crawley and I found a large colony of 

 this species under a stone in the New Forest in which over twenty 

 deiilated 2 2 were present. 



Subfamily Camponotin.^5. 



Lasiitfi nijier, L. — A marriage Hight of this ant was noticed at 

 "Woking on September 26th. 



L. nii/er var. alienn-ni(jer, Foret. — Several colonies of this variety 

 were found at Weybridge in September containing 3' S » winged 2 2 , 

 and ^ ^ . Harwoodsentme ? § from Clacton-on-Sea,and S S and 2 2 

 from a marriage flight observed there on October 12th. These, on 

 examination, proved to be this variety. It is intermediate between 

 ni<iL'r and alicnns in size, colour, and the pubescence on the tibiae, etc. 

 ForeP" says it is nearly as common as the tj^pical forms. 



L. n'njer sub-sp. aliennx, Forst. — Colonies were found at Woking, 

 Sandown, and Blackgang, I. of W., and at Seaton, Devon. Both 



'' Fourmis de la Suisse, 1874, p. 339. 



' Ent. Rec, 1906, p. 317, 1912, p. 5, etc. 



" loc. cit., p. 86. 



" loc. cit., p. 33.5. 



10 loc. cit., p. 47. 



