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nest. Crawley and Taylor subsequently observed it over the same ant 

 at Sandown, I. of W. 



PROcroTRUPiDiE. — IHi'siobaeiis /lospen, Kieffer. — This little insect was 

 taken in nests of J'', fn.sca at Box Hill on April 14th and 20th. Dr. 

 Kieft'er, who has kindly named it for me, tells me it is a new species 

 and belongs to a new genus. 



Lepidoptera. — Lirachiiiia ijerroneUa, Z. — This little moth was found, 

 on July 27th, among the ants in the nest of Laains fidvjinosus at 

 Wellington College mentioned above. After I had opened the nest 

 it only flew up and settled again with the ants. It did not fly away 

 when the ants, which were very excited, ran against it, and I did not 

 see it attacked. Durrant, who kindly named it for me, tells me that 

 nothing is known of its life history. 



Mt/rmecuzela oclnaceella, Tgstr., occurred in numbers in nests of. 

 F. rufa, at Rannoch, on June 10th. 



Tineula biselliella, Hml. — I found specimens in my F. rufa nest 

 from Weybridge on September 25th, and one flew out of it on October 

 14th. Their larvaj were probably feeding on the refuse of the nest, 

 and they may have been introduced into the nest from the house. 



CocciD.E. — Fiipersia toiiilini, Newst. — Occurred in nests of L. nujer 

 at Box Hill, on April 14th. 



Fii/iersia siil)terra)iea, Newst. — Was found with L. niyer at Box Hill 

 on April 22nd, and in numbers with the same ant, and also with L. 

 flavus, at St. Issey, Cornwall, on April 25th. 



Neicsteadia jioccoaa, Westw. — Was taken in a nest of F.fusca at 

 Porlock, on April 27th. Newstead-'' records — " on one occasion I 

 found it in the crowns of Heliantlicmuiii and grass, which were growing 



in a large ant-hill Mr. Luff has met a single example in 



Guernsey, which he found in an ant's nest together with specimens of 

 Hipersia totnlini." 



Ort/ieziula vejdovski/i, Sulc. — I took four examples of this rare species 

 in a nest of Myrmica scabrinudis at Porlock, on April 28th. Green, who 

 recorded'-^' these specimens, with notes on the genus, tells me it has only 

 occurred at Prague, in Bohemia, heretofore. I am much indebted to 

 Mr. Green for kindly naming all my Coccidae for me. The specimen 

 of Orthezia catapJuacta mentioned by him {lac. cit.) was taken in a nest 

 of F. rufa at Nethy Bridge, on May 14th, 1909. 



CoLLEMBOLA. — (JypJtudevus [Beckui) albinos, Nicol. — This little 

 "spring-tail" was observed with M. scabrinodis at Box Hill, April 13th; 

 with F. rufa at Weybridge, April 20th and July 22nd, and Porlock, 

 April 28th ; with F. fnsca at Boxhill, April 22nd and May 7th, and 

 Porlock, April 27th ; with L. niycr at St. Issey, April 25th ; with T. 

 caespitum, at St. Issey, April 25th, and Whitsand Bay, July 8th ; with L. 

 rlaviis at Porlock, April 27th ; with F. sanyiiinea at Woking, May 5th 

 and 18th, at Rannoch, June 11th, and Weybridge, July 22ud ; with 

 Ponera coarctata at Box Hill, May 7th ; and with L. alienns at Wey- 

 bridge, July 22nd. 



A little species, superficially like Beckia, occurs at Kew in numbers 

 with Wasmannia auro-punctata. I am endeavouring to gat it named. 



Myriapoda. — Poli/xcnns layunis, L. — Several specimens were found 



2G Brit. Coccidae, 1902, II., p. 245. 

 27 Ent. Mo. Mag., 1911, p. 179. 



