(VI liiillelìiì (le Id Socii'lr Iùìt()iìì(>l(>(/i<itic (l'E<ii]})ìv 



(.'{) Ilicv r((|uiic llic liclp ol' llic hiriicr ani lo iiiaki- 

 a road. 



(\) Ihcv olìcy instructions i^ixcn and as soon as 

 (■(jiulitions cliani^c remain idle, merely sendini; ont a 

 sconi or two. 



It is also noteworthy that altlioui;li these ants liad 

 heen cominiÇ daily lor a loiii^ time to the sanie spot. Hie 

 same track on the table and doNvn to the Hoc ir was a I w ays 

 exactly Ibllowed althoiii;h it was a lonj^ and circnitous 

 one and conld. by i^oini; the shortest way, lia\e been 

 rednced to abont one lliird ol' its lenj^th. 



'I'he ants aie a irreal nuisance in houses but can be 

 (leslioved bv pourini; petroleum into the holes in the 

 lloor tlii'ough which they come. 11 the piocess is repea- 

 ted when they icappear. they are either destroyed or 

 driven away alter a lew attem|)ls. They are not acti\e 

 (lurinii the winter months. 



Notes entomologiques. 



par M. (i. J-'i.HHAN 1 1;. 



llllj)liil<lnis picliis Ki.rc. 



(",e Dytiscide a été ca|)tuié vu lOi^ypte. toujours 

 dans les puits et les Sakiehs almndoniiées. 



Il n'était innere connu (pie (VA'ionn Moussa. 



Pnnssus Xaliarac Iii;ni.i,. 



C'est le l'aussus de nos collections (pii nous a été 



