HYMENOPTERA-ACULEATA OF THE IPSWICH DISTRICT. 13 



handled the subtle net to go out into the highways and hedges 

 and "look through Nature up to Nature's God." 



Excluding races and varieties, the list comprises the following 

 species: — Heterogyna, 10; Fossores, 53; Diploptera, 10; Antho- 

 phila, 133. Total, 206. 



Heteeogyna. 

 Formica, Linn. 

 1. nifa, Linn.— There has been a strong nest in the Bentley Woods 

 for the last six years, and at one time there were two, in 

 which many myrmecophilous Coleoptera occur. 

 Z.fusca, Linn. — Generally common on sandy banks. 

 Lasius, Fab. 



3. fuliginosus, Latr. — Barbara, abundant (Rothney) ; common, often 



hibernating beneath oak bark. 



4. niger, Linn. — The common garden ant ; abundant. 



,, race alienus, Forst. — Common on the sandhills at 



Felixstowe in June. 



5. itmbratus, Nyl. — Not uncommon; Barren and Foxhall Heaths. 



6. flavus, De Geer. — Nests commonly in old pastures. 



Leptothorax, Mayr. 



7. tuberum, Fab., race nylanderl, Foerst. — Somewhat local, but very 



common in the winter beneath the bark of aspen, maple, &c. ; 

 Wherstead, Bentley, Blakenham, &c. ; by the Gipping at 

 Claydon, &c. 

 Stenamma, West. 



8. ivestwoodi, West. — .One specimen in moss from Bentley Woods 



30 x 97. 

 Myrmica, Latr. 



9. rubra, Linn., race ruginodis, Nyl. — Not uncommon. 



,, ,, lavinodis, Nyl. — Common. 



,, ,, scabrinodis, Nyl. — Common. 



,, ,, lobicomis, Nyl. — Rare; one hermaphrodite in 



sandpit at Foxhall, August, 1896. 

 Monomorium 



10. pharaonis, Linn. — An imported species; only too common in a 



baker's shop in Ipswich ; also swept from hedges at Wher- 

 stead. 



Fossores. 

 Mutilla, Lyn. 



11. riifipes, Ltr. — Rare ; a couple of females at Bentley Woods in 



August, 1897. 

 Myrmosa, Latr. 



12. melanocephala, Fab. — Singly ; always in sandy places ; Bentley 



Woods, male and female ; Bixley and Foxhall, females. 

 Tiphia, Fab. 



13. femorata, Fab. — Ipswich and Barham [Rothney). 



Agenia, Schiodte. 



14. hircana, Fab. — Rare ; one swept near Clopton Church, July, 1897. 



Salius, Fab. 



15. fuscus, Linn, — Not uncommon in the spring. 



16. exaltatus, Fab. — Sparingly since 1893. 



17. pusilius, Schiodte. — Rare ; in the spring in Bentley Woods. 



