76 BRITISH ANTS. 



beyond the fifth being rather obovate-truncate, terminal joint the longest, 

 elongate-conic. Labrum large and exserted, coriaceous, dilated at the base, 

 each side producing a small lobe beneath ; anterior margin rounded and 

 notched with a few bristles and ciliated. 



Mandibles none, at least in the male. 



Maxillae large and dilated, terminated by a broad membranous and 

 ciliated lobe, meeting behind the mentum when at rest. Palpi rather long 

 and slender, 4- jointed, basal joint the smallest, second and third of nearly 

 equal length, 4th long subfusiform. 



Mentum subovate, truncated at the base, with an arched suture towards 

 the top. Lip none ? Palpi rather long and slender triarticulate, first and 

 second joints nearly of equal length, the third longer and subfusiform. 



Head subglobose. Eyes globose. Ocelli very prominent, forming a large 

 triangle. Thorax ovate. Metathorax bidentate. Peduncle biarticulate, 

 second joint the largest and globose. Abdomen ovate-conic, 5- jointed, basal 

 joint covering the greater portion of the body. Wings with a trigonate 

 stigma, the marginal cell pedicled at the apex ; one discoidal cell, and the 

 apical nervures obscure. Legs rather long. Thighs long slender, dilated in 

 the middle. Tibiae short, anterior producing a pectinated spine. Tarsi 

 5- jointed, basal joint as long as the tibia, the remainder oblong. Claws 

 small, pulvilli distinct. 



Obs. All the figures and description were taken from a male." 



MYRMECINA GRAMINICOLA Latr. 



graminicola Latr. <$ (nee $, $) ; = latreillii Curt. $ $ 24 (latreillei Forel). 

 Formica graminicola Latreille Hist. Nat. Fourmis 256 (1802) 1 . Myrmecina 

 latreillii Curtis Brit. Ent. 6 265 (1829) 2 ; | Jenyns MS. Cat. Cambs. Ins. 2 

 31 (1843)] 3 ; Stephens Zool. 1 30 (1843) 4 . Myrmica striatula Nylander Acta 

 Soc. Sc. Fenn. 3 40 (1849) 5 . Myrmica bidens Forster Hym." Stud. 1 50 

 (1850) 6 . Myrmecina latreillii Curtis Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 21 219 (1854) 7 ; 

 F. Smith Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 3 133 (1855) 8 : Cat. Brit. Foss. Hym. 

 36 (1858) 9 : Ent. Ann. 1860 92 10 : 1866 128 11 . Myrmecina latreillei Forel 

 Denkschr. Schweiz. Ges. Nafurw. 26 73 12 , 352 13 (1874). Myrmicisa latreillii 

 Capron Entom. 11 27 (1878) 14 . Myrmecina latreillei Saunders Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. Lond. 1880 222 15 ; Dale Ent. Mo. Mag. 17 236 (1881) 16 ; Capron Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. 22 229 (1886) 17 ; Swale Ent. Mo. Mag. 27 24 (1891) 18 ; Wasmann 

 zusam. Nest, gemischt. Kolon. Ameisen 176 (1891) 19 ; Dalla Torre Cat. 

 Hym. 7 61 (1893) 20 ; Richardson Ent. Mo. Mag. 30 213 (1894) 21 ; Farren- 

 White Ants' Ways 247 (1895) 22 ; Saunders Hym-Acul. 32 (1896) 23 . Myrme- 

 cina graminicola Emery Ofv. Finsk. Vet. Soc. Forh. 40 130 (1898) 24 . Myrme- 

 cina latreillei E. A. Butler Ent. Mo. Mag. 35 290 (1899) 25 . Myrmecina 

 graminicola Wheeler Amer. Nat. 35 519 (1901) 26 . Myrmecina latreillei Mar- 

 tineau Entom. 34 232 (1901) 27 ; Chitty Ent. Mo. Mag. 38 74 (1902) 28 ; Donis- 

 thorpe Ent. Rec. 14 16 (1902) 29 ; Chitty Ent. Mo. Mag. 39 284 (1903) 30 ; 

 Jordain Trans. N-Staff. Nat Field Club 17 82 (1903) 31 ; Vic. Hist. Somerset 

 1 75 (1906) 32 ; Vic. Hist. Berks 1 76 (1906) 33 ; Chitty Ent. Rec. 18 161 

 (1906) 34 : Ent. Mo. Mag. 42 212 (1906) 35 ; Donisthorpe Trans. Leicester Lit.- 

 Phil. Soc. 12 226 (1908) 36 : Ent. Rec. 21 258 (1909) 37 : 23 12 (1911) 38 . 

 Myrmecina graminicola Donisthorpe Entom. 44 389 (191 1) 39 : Ent. Rec. 24 

 4(1912) 40 : 2561(1913) 41 ; Crawley and Donisthorpe Int. Ent. Cong. Oxford 

 1912 2 14 (1913) 42 . 



^ Blackish brown, hairy ; head in front, mandibles, antennae, underside of 

 the thorax and pedicel, the concave surface of the epinotum, and legs reddish 

 sometimes the sides of the thorax, the apex of the spines, and the basal half of 

 the petiole and post-petiole are also reddish. 



Head longitudinally rugose ; scape bent and curved, a little shorter than 

 the rest of the antennae ; the joints between the first joint of the funiculus 



