MYRMECOPHILOUS NOTES FOR 1912. 95 



August 2nd ; and with />. niijer at Sandown, Isle of Wight, 

 September 7th. 



ARANEINA. 



Eramia )iierenn, Camb. — J J and $ $ of this little spider were 

 taken in nests of F. fut^ra on May 1st, I. of Tiree. 



ACARINA. 



CilUbano comata, Leon. — Observed in my observation nest of 

 L. luiibratiis var. vii.rt<i-iiiiihratii>i, from Wey bridge, on the larva?, on 

 June 21st. 



Anfcnnoplinriis uhbnanni, Hall. — A specimen was found on a J" of 

 L. niiihratiis in a nest at Weybridge, on September 6th. This is 

 interesting, as it may suggest how the mite may leave the nest. 

 During the marriage flight the mite could transfer itself to the $ . 

 Specimens have lived in my nest of L. nmhratuH var. iiii:vto-iiiiibratiis 

 for months, and are still present. 



Ladaps unjrmecophilufi, Berl. — Occurred in nests of F. fusca var. 

 fi(sco-rn0arbi.<t at Seaton, August 2nd, and Sandown, I. of W., 

 September 7th. 



Sphaerolaiiaps holotlnjroides, Leon. — Was found in my L. nmbratus 

 var. mi.rto-'uiiibratus nest from Weybridge, in Jul}^ It was found in a 

 nest of L. nmhratus at Aldeburgh by Dr. Nicholson, in April. 



MYRIAPODA. 



Polyxenit^ hKjurus, L. — Occurred in some numbers in a nest of F. 

 rufa, at St. George's Hill, Weybridge, on March 29th. 



CRUSTACEA. 



Platyarthnis hofmanseggi, Brdt. — Was observed with F. fnsca var. 

 fusco-7-nfibarbif<, L. alienua, M. scabrinodis var. sabiileti, and T. caespituin 

 at Seaton, Devon, August 2nd; with L. niger at Sandown, I. of W., 

 September 7th ; and in plenty with F. e.vsecta, Parl^hurst Forest, I. of 

 W., September 8th. The Hon. N. C. Rothschild sent it to me in a 

 nest of L. rlaviis from Ashton Wold, Oundle, in March, and Dr. 

 Nicholson found it with L. innbratus at Aldeburgh, in April. Mr. 

 Standen^", in some notes on this creature, mentions that his colleague 

 Mr. Hardy has given him some records of the capture of Plati/arthrus. 

 One of these is "Rannoch, Perthshire: abundant in nests of F. rufa." 

 The only other record I am aware of for Scotland is " Banffshire (J. 

 Edward) ; with F. fusca between Inverkeithing and St. Davids, Fife " 

 (Evans^*). Personally, I have never found it in Scotland, though I 

 have done a great deal of collecting in the Highlands, I have 

 dug up and investigated hundreds of F, nifa nests at Rannoch, 

 and this year, in May, I spent five days at Nethy Bridge, doing 

 almost nothing else except dig up riifa nests, and I never saw any 



*2 Lanes. Nat., 1912, p. 63. 



« Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1900, p. 186. 



