4 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



a wood clearing through which the path, such as it was, made its way, 

 were a few specimens of Ar</>/nnu ot/laia ,[inA Brenthis euplirosiine, and 

 one or two Mditaea atlialia and M. dictynna, and on coming out again 

 into the fields Krehia iiwlampiis, E. eunjale, Aporia crataegi, I'oli/owmatus 

 hylas, 3" s only, nud C II pido Hiini inns were not very uncommon. On 

 reaching the steep cart-track that leads directly up to the Thalalp Pass 

 a few other species appeared. Parnassius nmemosyne was by no means 

 uncommon, though most of the specimens had seen better days ; all 

 those that I took showed indications of a row of white spots in the 

 border, tending towards var. nnbilosn, but not of the decided form of 

 the Binnenthal. Dri/as papliia was on the wing as well as Aiyi/nnis 

 aglaia ; Pararge ei/eria, the J s large and fresh, KucJdo'e cardanunes, and 

 Leptosia sinapis appeared a little lower down, and there were numerous 

 specimens of Pieris napi, the $ s, even at the highest level, showing no 

 approach towards var. hryoniae. On recrossing Weesen marsh I saw 

 a few A. aylaia, worn out at this level, and the first few Ayriades coridon 

 of the season, but there was no sign of Lycaena enpheinna or L. areas, 

 or of any of the other marsh species which generally abound here. 



{To be continued). 



Myrmecophilous Notes for 1911. 



By H. St. J. K. DONISTHORPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



FoRMiciDiE. — Subfamily PonerinjE. — Ponera coarctata, Latr. — A ^ 

 was found in the nest of Lasins fuliyinosns at Darenth Wood on 

 May 26th. A small colony was taken in moss at Box Hill, in May, 

 which contained two $ s and a few ^ s. They were placed in a small 

 observation nest, but unfortunately the glass did not fit verj' well, and 

 most of them escaped, so the nest was a failure. 



Subfamily Myrmicin.e. — Mynnecina yraininicola, Latr. [latreillei, 

 Curtis). — One ^ was found in a nest of Lasins fJarus at Box Hill on 

 May 7th, and three were found in a nest of Formica fnsca in the same 

 locality on April 13th. On April 14th I introduced one of these 

 specimens into an observation nest of F\ fnsca obtained at Hartlepool 

 in October, 1910. Next day I found it had been killed by the fnsca ^ s. 

 My nest of this species obtained last year is still in very good condition. 

 I recorded^ that on December 1st, 1910, a number of fair-sized larvfe 

 were present. These larvfe passed the winter well, and on May 16th 

 a number of pupre were observed. On May 24th a new bunch of eggs 

 had been laid. Some of the pupa? hatched in June and July, and 

 proved to be ^ s, but on July 5th a <? was present. I find the J 

 feigns death when alarmed, in the same way as the $ s and ^ s, by 

 rolling up in a ball. On July 23rd a further batch of eggs had been 

 laid, the previous ones being now small larvii?. By July 27th all the 

 pupa) had hatched, the rest being ^ s. One of the ? s has the antennje 

 deformed, being bent round and hooked. It is a pugnacious little 

 ant, and attacks a brush if presented to it. It is generally to be found 

 wandering about the nest away from the other ants, which all sit 

 together in one corner. On September 10th larva? of all sizes were 

 present, and some pupje. On November 20th the pupie had hatched, 

 and over 50 larva? were observed, while the ? and all the ^ s were 

 well, and no dead ants present. 



1 Ent. Rec, 1911, p. 13. 



