62 Mr. J. C. W. Kershaw and Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy. 



commonest Chinese ants, a large black-and-grey species. 

 It is not beheved, however, that there is any " protective 

 resemblance " in this association. The nymphs are very 

 active, and stand high on their legs, while the adults 

 spread out the hind-legs very flat, so that the body is near 

 the surface on which the bug rests. 



The adults give off a strong smell when irritated. They 

 fly well, and are very common on low herbage and rank 

 vegetation, while from the amount of liquid excrement 

 they pass, they must injure very much the plants on 

 which they feed. They are common throughout the Avet 

 season, especially August and September. 



Explanation of Plates IV, V. 



[See Explanation facing the Plates.] 



