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assistance, and for aft'ortling us every facility for pursuing our 

 researches, thereby adding considerably to tlie pleasure and interest of 

 our visit. 



A list is appended of the 89 additional species taken by us, thus 

 bringing up the total number of species, so far recorded from Lundy, 

 to 501. 



H.ar])ali(ii ritpicola, Stm. 

 Be)nbiiliiiin laiiipros, Hbst. (black 



var.) 

 Hydroportta piihescens, Gyll. 

 HydroponiH litiiratiis, F. 

 Octhebius lejidid, Muls. 

 Honialota mf/ricornis, Th. 

 Hoiiialota clancida, Er. 

 Conoxoiiia licidiiiii, Er. 

 MeiiacroiiKs rhifiidatii^, Man. 

 Mi/cetoponis! ani/iilarh, Rey. 

 Qnedius ni(/riceps, Kr. 

 Philnnthiis iiianjinatiix, F. 

 Pliilonthus rarians, Pk. 

 (HlduH laeviiiscnlKs, Steph. 

 LatJirobitiiii (/eiiiiniini, Kr. 

 Lathrobiuin vmltipiinctani, Gr, 

 Sitnins diversus, Aub. 

 Steniis ericlisoni, Rye. 

 Bledins opaciis, Block. 

 (Kvijtehiti aciilptits, Gr. 



Micrali/iinna brevipenne, Gyll. 

 Aiiisotoma calcarata, Er. 

 i'ludeva chri/>iO)iieloides, Pz. 

 Nein-aplies sparslialli, Den. 

 Sr>/dinaeniis pusillus, Mull. 

 G)iath(iiiciis piincti(latii:<, Th. 

 Sapriniiii nitididns, Pk. 

 t'ori/inbitea aeneiis, L. 

 TdcjilKinm bicalor, F. 

 ll/taipnn/clia luiibata, Th, 

 Maltliiniis fasciatiis, 01. 

 Loiioitarsiifi peUiicidiis, Foud. 

 Maiitina chri/Kantheiiii, Koch., 



var. crotchi, Al. 

 Cvep'tdi)dera transversa, Marsh. 

 Rliijnchites iiiinntus, Hbst. 

 iStropliDwunis cori/li, F. 

 Htjpera riiiiiicis, L. 

 Sibiuin sodalis, Germ. 

 llkiuoncKs castor, F. 



Ants and Myrmecophiles on Lundy (jrit/i plate). 



By HORACE DONISTHORPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



The only records of ants from the Isle of Lundy, that I can find, 

 are by the late F. Smith, who visited the Island twice in August, 1869, 

 chiefly in search of Hymenoptera, and found the following species : — ■ 

 Mijiiin'ra ritijinodis, Ims'ius niger, L. flaviis, and Furniica fiisca (Knt. 

 Ann., 1870, p. 24), and again in 1874, when he adds Last us alieniis and 

 Formica ciinicularia [Eiit. Mo. Mar/., x\., 111. (1874)]. Having spent 

 some nine days, as stated above by my friend Mr. Mitford, on Lundy, 

 and having paid particular attention to ants' nests and their inhabitants, 

 I am able to add a few species to the above lists, and also to record a 

 certain number of Myrmecophilous creatures noticed. 



Mi/riirica riufinodis, Nyl. — Not uncommon under stones. 



M. laerinodis, Nyl. — Scarce. 



M. ruf/iiiodis var. laeriuodo-riif/inodis, Forel. —One colon}' found. 



.1/. scabrinodis, Nyl. — Not uncommon. The Aphis Forda formicaria 

 was taken in one nest. 



M. scabrinodis var. sahideti, Mein. — Several colonies observed. 



Tctramorium caespitiiiti, L. — A number of colonies occurred, some 

 being very large ones, under stones in dift'erent parts of the Island. 

 They contained larvae of various sizes and ^ pupje, and in one nest 

 sex papte also, and a deiilated ? was present in another. In one colony 

 all the ^ ^ were very large and dark in colour, and no $ or brood 

 was observed. The ground was very difficult to dig up, and nothing 



