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Myrmedonia cognata, Maerkel. Three specimens were 

 taken by Mr. Edwin Shepherd, early in the spring, in a nest 

 of Formica fuliginosa y near Croydon, Surrey. 



Myrmedonia hi gens, Grav. A single example of this 

 apparently rare species was captured early in the spring, by 

 Mr. Edwin Shepherd, in a nest of For mica fuliginosa, near 

 Croydon. 



Myrmedonia laticollis, Maerkel. Has been taken with 

 Formica fuliginosa near Plymouth, in the spring, by Mr. 

 J. J. Reading. 



Homalota fiaripes, Grav. In nests of Formica rufa, in 

 the spring, near Plymouth, by Mr. J. J. Reading. 



Homalota confusa, Maerkel. Three specimens of this 

 searce species were taken by Mr. Edwin Shepherd at the 

 end of last May, in the London district, in a nest of Formica 

 fuliginosa, see Proc. Ent. Soc, 1 June, 1857, Zool. 5768 

 (1857), who with his wonted kindness presented me with a 

 specimen. 



Homalota anceps, Eric. Sparingly, in the spring, in nests 

 of Formica rufa, near Plymouth, by Mr. J. J. Reading. 



Oxypoda formiceticola, Maerkel. In the spring, near 

 Plymouth, in nests of Formica rufa, by Mr. J. J. Reading. 



Aleochara ruficornis, Grav. Dr. Power found, this 

 spring, an individual of this scarce species, beneath dead 

 leaves, in the vicinity of a nest of Formica rufa, a few yards 

 distant from the spot in which I captured the specimen men- 

 tioned in last year's Annual. 



Thiasophila angulata, Eric. In the spring and autumn, 

 In nests of Formica rufa, near Plymouth, by Mr. J. J. 

 Reading. 



Thiasophila inquilina, Maerkel, Kraatz. Found by Dr. 

 Power in Kent with Formica Juliginosa, and in Bucking- 

 hamshire with F. rufa, and respecting which I beg to refer 

 1858 G 



