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was a nest of the ant, Tapinoma erratica. Mr. Janson re- 

 marked that the presence, in all the twelve specimens, of the 

 curious conformation of the dorsal surface of the fourth and 

 fifth abdominal segments rendered it probable that this struc- 

 ture was common to the two sexes, and was not peculiar to 

 the male of Myrmedonia, as had hitherto been supposed. — 

 Proc. Ent. Soc, Nov. 6. 



j^f/ialia riifa at Liverpool. — Mr. G. R. Crotch exhibited 

 ^gialia rufa, Fabr., Erich., a species new to Britain, of 

 which several specimens were taken at Liverpool by Mr. F. 

 Archer, but, with the exception of that exhibited, had been 

 accidentally destroyed ; also Lithocharis caslanea, Grav., 

 Erich., which is the Medon Ruddii, Steph., whilst the spe- 

 cies from the Isle of Wight which is in many of our col- 

 lections appears to be the L. maritiraa, Auhe (Grenier, Cat. 

 Col. Fr.) ; also Monotoma 4-foveolata, Auhe, of which three 

 or four specimens were formerly taken by Mr. Janson in 

 Hainault Forest, and which was readily distinguished from 

 all the other species by its thoracic foveae ; this name was 

 introduced into the British list by Mr. Waterhonse, but after- 

 wards withdrawn, his insect proving to be M. rufa, Redt. — 

 Id. 



Painted Insects. — A few months ago I added a fine male 

 Sesia Scoliseformis, as I at first thought it, to my collection ; 

 but having some doubts as to its genuineness I placed it 

 under a lens, and then could see grains of colour on the anal 

 tuft : this induced me to wash the insect in caraphine, when 

 the colour was instantly removed, and a fine male Scoliae- 

 formis was changed into a large Culiciformis, with the red 

 belt scraped off. The most difficult part to colour is the 

 antennae : of these it had two, one of Scoliseformis and the 

 other of Culiciformis, and that of Culiciformis had a dash of 

 yellow to correspond with that of Scoliseformis. Since I 

 detected this imposition 1 have seen two similar ones in col- 

 lections. — Edward Meek ; 5, King Street, Old Ford Road. 



At Home. — Friday evenings, March 2, 9 and 16, from 

 6 to 9 o'clock. The meeting on the 16th is the last this 

 season. — Edward Newman ; 7, York Grove, Queens Road, 

 Peckham. 



