128 HYMEXOPTERA. 



It is very like T. nigra, but it has a longer and narrower 

 head, the antennae are not hairy, neither are the legs. It is 

 a burrowing ant, and maybe found on the sand hills at Deal, 

 as well as at Bournemouth. 



Tapinoma erratica, — This usually rare species of ant is 

 plentiful on the open heaths to the west and north west of 

 Bournemouth ; it burrows in the flat bare spaces that occur 

 among the furze bushes, where the turf has been pared off"; 

 in August, only pupae and larvae of workers were found j it 

 may also be taken at Weybridge in similar situations. 



Ponera contracta.—HXas very local insect was taken by 

 Mr. David Sharp in Headley Lane, Mickleham ; it is a 

 species which I never had the good fortune to capture; 

 Dr. Power has taken it at Brighton, and also at jMerton, in 

 Surrey. 



Myrmica lohicornis. — I believe not more than half-a- 

 dozen specimens of this very distinct species are to be found 

 in British collections ; those taken by the late Mr. Curtis, 

 and also by Mr. Dale, in Scotland, were the first discovered 

 in this country. I found a locality for the insect at Lowes- 

 toft, Suffolk, and took four specimens of the female in 1859. 

 During the past season, Mr. R^-e captured a worker at Sea- 

 ford, in Sussex, where it was apparently plentiful, but not 

 being at the time aware of the rarity of the species, he neg- 

 lected to secure more examples. 



Myrmecina LatreiUii. — This is one of the rarest ants that 

 occur in this country ; the male was first discovered by 

 Mr. Curtis, in 1829, near Black Gang Chine, in the Isle of 

 Wight, where it has has been subsequently taken by other 

 Entomologists ; it is not unlikely to be found in most parts 

 at the back of the island, having myself found it both at 

 Luccomb and Shanklin ; the female was also first taken by 

 Mr. Curtis, it has also occurred at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, 



