42 HYMENOPTERA. 



Although not perhaps strictly belonging to the parasitic 

 class of insects, still, being apparently always found in com- 

 pany with others, I may here record the capture of Mynnica 

 lippiila in the nest of Formica fuUginos^a , by Mr. Edwin 

 Shepherd ; Mr. Janson, as well as myself, has also pre- 

 viously found these ants in company. 



CAPTURES OF NEW AND RARE SPECIES. 



Lyda erythrocephala (Fam. Tenthredinidce) . A male 

 and female of this extremely rare 'species w^re taken by 

 Charles Turner at Loch Rannoch, Perthshire. 



Dulerus dubius (Fam. TenthredinidcB). A female of 

 this rare insect was taken in the area of my own house at 

 Islington. 



Ponera conti^acta (Fam. Formicidcp^. Three or four 

 examples of this scarce ant were taken at Brighton. 



Ponera puncfatisslinaj Roger. This species, w^hich is 

 new to the British fauna, w^as I believe first taken in this 

 country by the late Mr. Henry Squire, who found several 

 in a bake-house near Burton Crescent, London; Mr. J. 

 Stokes captured it again this year; several specimens were 

 also taken by the late Mrs. Yarley, in the kitchen of her 

 house, in Robert Street, Hampstead Road. The description 

 of the species appeared in " Beitrage zur Kenntniss der 

 Ameisenfauna der Mittelmeerlander, von Dr. Roger." The 

 insect is found in houses in Germany ; I received a series of 

 specimens from Dr. Roger. Whether the species, like 

 MyrmAca molesta, is an importation, I am not prepared to 

 say ; if so, it may probably become equally unwelcome and 

 annoying in houses throughout the country. The species 

 closely resembles Ponera contracta, but is much more 



