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Prenolepis longicornis, Latr. A cosmopolitan species. % % 

 and | $ Propagating Pits, and No. 18. J. H. Dines found a nest 

 m a flower-pot in the Propagating Pits containing 13 ? $ . 



*Prenolepis caeciliae, Ford, Species from Costa Rica. Abundant 

 m 1 em and Palm Houses. 



• P £ eno }<;Pis vividula, Nyl. Central American species. Occurs 

 in No. 18 and Palm House (23. III. 96). The late Mr. Haliday 

 took it in hot-houses in Ireland. 



• *Prenolepis flavipes, Smith. Japanese species. $ $ , ? ? , and 



3 S amongst lily bulbs from Tokio. Jan., W. B. Little. 



Plagiolepis alluardi, Em. Species from Seychelles Isles. 

 Abundant m Palm House. Occurs in the Botanic Gardens ill 

 Edinburgh and Dublin. 



Technomyrmex albipes, Smith. Cosmopolitan species. Abun- 

 dant in Propagating Pits, Fern and Palm Houses, &c. Winged $ S , 



Palm House lere8tlDg ergatoid ( win gless) $ $ not uncommon in 



•Ponera coarctata, Latr. Winged?. Palm House. 



species.*™ rteS House!"' b ° er ° rUm *** *** AMC ™ 

 **7f HXi Sr 111 ' Sm ' th ' Cosmopolitan species. * ? 



AbZlw^P aur °-P un( * at a, Roger. West Indian species. 

 Abundant in Propagating Pits and No. 18. «? 3\ ? 2 and $f $h 



omZn^J nder flower ?^ ™d in the leaf-leaves of Piper 

 0i X"V **»***. It is stated to cultivate fungi. 



il eid ° * f^^^. var. cellarum, *W. C 



Bpecies. 



American 



form 



bie heads Lu T u 77. olxu ' ana tft e large form witn very 

 C P Raffill TH- S0ldiers >' ^ numbers. Orchid House, 



hot-h^useTat Zurich" " W ^ * ™* abund * nt in the 



othrix 



Pro 8 pS'„^ 9 roSeti ' •* »<* I"*"" species. S « scarce in 



HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA. 



Aphidae. 



R. Newstead. 



Bpecies apparently net ?Xl Z?l ?, W FaUna is an interesting 

 the first instance,\holS o w 18h / 8le8 ' and althou ^ h ft was ' in 

 conclusion that i ia the nil* i new . to 8cience > X h *™ come to the 

 wen^. Bucktoni sav^tW i?T nbed b ? p aeserini as Rhizobius 

 an^na„ ied 8pecie8 £ ^^^^^^1^^ 



' Monograph of British Aphides, vol. 



iv., p. 93. 



