(ipixircnthi (if tlic (iciniH Margarodes. 4G3 



indeed, without hesitation places Marfiarodcs in the 

 genus Porplujropliora, Brendt, with the well-known 

 forms P. Pdlonica and P. Armenidca; but this location 

 would appear to be of very doubtful propriety, if 

 Guilding's figures and description of the perfect insect 

 have any claim to accuracy. 



As regards the insects living with either Ants or the 

 so-called " White Ants," it is quite clear that Guilding 

 refers to the former, and I have so often noticed the 

 nests of true Ants about the bases of those of the 

 Termites that I think it by no means improbable that 

 the Cape " ground pearls " are actually denizens of the 

 Ants' nests, although associated with those of the 

 Termites, and perhaps are parasites of the very Ant sent 

 by Mr. Fisk's correspondent. 



I trust, on my return to the Cape, to be able, either 

 personally or through a correspondent living in the 

 locality, to rear the insect of the " ground pearl," and 

 to ascertain whether or not it presents the characters 

 noted by Guilding in his account of the West Indian 

 species. 



