﻿XIX 
  

  

  in 
  last 
  month's 
  number 
  of 
  tlie 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  under 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  Mnematium 
  cancer. 
  The 
  type 
  specimen 
  in 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum 
  is 
  a 
  male, 
  and 
  that 
  exhibited 
  a 
  female, 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  are 
  of 
  more 
  normal 
  size. 
  Both 
  

   specimens 
  were 
  contained 
  in 
  a 
  collection 
  made 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  

   of 
  South- 
  West 
  Africa, 
  and 
  the 
  precise 
  locality 
  in 
  which 
  these 
  

   were 
  taken 
  was 
  not 
  indicated. 
  

  

  COCCINELLA 
  DISTINCTA, 
  FaLD., 
  AND 
  ITS 
  ASSOCIATION 
  WITH 
  

  

  Formica 
  rufa, 
  L.— 
  Mr. 
  Donisthorpe 
  exhibited 
  this 
  

   Coccinellid 
  and 
  contributed 
  the 
  following 
  observations 
  :— 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  — 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  propose 
  to 
  spend 
  much 
  time 
  on 
  this 
  

   point, 
  as 
  my 
  chief 
  problem 
  is 
  its 
  association 
  with 
  ants. 
  

  

  Faldermann 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  1837, 
  

   but 
  with 
  only 
  five 
  spots. 
  Although 
  this 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  type 
  

   form 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  rare, 
  and 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  case 
  where 
  

   an 
  individual 
  has 
  lost 
  a 
  spot, 
  and 
  is 
  really 
  an 
  aberration. 
  

   I 
  have 
  only 
  seen 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  with 
  five 
  spots, 
  taken 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Ashdown 
  in 
  Switzerland 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  examples 
  

   all 
  possessing 
  seven 
  spots. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  British 
  

   specimen, 
  but 
  exhibit 
  the 
  nearest 
  form 
  to 
  it 
  I 
  have 
  taken, 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  1st 
  spot 
  is 
  very 
  small. 
  Redtenbacher 
  in 
  1844 
  

   again 
  described 
  the 
  species 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  magnifica; 
  

   also 
  with 
  only 
  five 
  spots. 
  

  

  Mulsant 
  in 
  1846 
  described 
  the 
  usual 
  form 
  with 
  seven 
  spots 
  

   under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Icibilis. 
  I 
  may 
  mention 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  

   aberration 
  with 
  nine 
  spots 
  (ab. 
  domiduca, 
  Weise, 
  1879) 
  which 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  Britain, 
  and 
  which 
  I 
  exhibit. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  C. 
  distincta 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  widely 
  distributed 
  

   in 
  Europe 
  and 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  

  

  British 
  Distribution. 
  — 
  -In 
  Britain 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  

   Hants, 
  Sussex, 
  Kent, 
  Surrey, 
  Essex, 
  Berks 
  and 
  Worcester. 
  

   Edward 
  Newman 
  first 
  recorded 
  it 
  as 
  British 
  in 
  1847; 
  but 
  

   Stephens 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  placed 
  British 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  Collection 
  in 
  1816. 
  

  

  Association 
  with 
  Ants. 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  literature 
  that 
  

   this 
  Lady-bird 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  actually 
  being 
  connected 
  

   with 
  ants, 
  was 
  in 
  1888, 
  when 
  C. 
  H. 
  Morris 
  recorded 
  it 
  from 
  

   near 
  Lewes, 
  and 
  stated 
  it 
  was 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  nests 
  of 
  

   Formica 
  rufa. 
  It 
  is, 
  of 
  course, 
  most 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  single 
  

  

  