STENAMMA. 141 



$ Lighter or darker reddish brown, variable as in the $. Characters as in 

 the . The reticulation of the head is not nearly so marked in some specimens. 

 Wings dirty pale yellow, with light brown pterostigma and nerves. Long. 

 4- 3-4' 8 mm. (4-4-6 mm. teste Emery ; 5 mm. teste Andre.) 



<$ Blackish brown, mandibles, antennae and legs brownish yellow, apex of 

 antennae, tarsi, and articulations of the joints of the legs lighter. Head longi- 

 tudinally striate, dull ; frontal area smooth and somewhat shining. Thorax 

 a little less strongly striate, and a little more shining than head ; epinotum 

 with sides finely striate, shining above and posteriorly. Petiole and post- 

 petiole above, and gaster smooth and shining. Wings as in the $.' Long. 

 4 mm. (3-5 mm. teste Emery.) 



Habitat. 



Stenamma westwoodi occurs in South and Central Europe ; a 

 variety has been described from Italy, and a subspecies from 

 Turkestan. Scharff writes 66 " It has been found in the south- 

 west of Ireland and in the south of England ; nowhere else in the 

 British Isles." As we shall see, however, it occurs as far north as 

 the Midlands and Norfolk (Malloch's record of its capture by Taylor 

 in the Clyde Area was in error, since as pointed out by Evans 

 [Glasgow Nat. 421 (1911)] it really refers to Myrmica ruginodis) : 



Cornwall, W. : The Lizard (H. C. Champion) ; Truro 64 ; Corn- 

 wall, E. : Mount Edgcumbe (Dale) 58 . 



Devon, S. : Plymouth (Beading) 17 ; Bickleigh (Bignell) 58 ; 

 Dartmouth (Perkins) 51 ; Labrador Shaldon (Eothney) 50 ; Seaton 

 (Dale) 58 ; Devon, N. : Ilfracombe (Saunders) 58 ; Clovelly (Dale) 58 ; 

 Lynton ( Farren- White) 55 . 



Somerset, N. : Weston-super-Mare (Donisthorpe) 69 . 



Wilts, S. : Dinton near Wilton (Curtis) 1 . 



Dorset : Godmanstone (Dale) 58 ; Corfe Castle (F. Smith) 30 ; 

 Studland (Donisthorpe) 69 . 



Isle of Wight : Blackgang Chine (Curtis) 8 ; Freshwater (Dale) 58 ; 

 Parkhurst Forest (Donisthorpe) 70 . 



Hants, S. : Portsmouth (Reading, Brit. Mus. Coll.] ; New Forest 

 (D. Sharp, Camb. Mus. Coll.). 



Sussex, E. : Ditchling (Donisthorpe) 69 . 



Kent, E. : Maidstone (Frisby)* 7 ; Doddington (Chitty) 63 ; Deal 

 (Dale) 58 ; Kent, W. : Tunbridge Wells (Dale)* ; Charlton (Farren- 

 White) 55 ; Darenth Wood (Donisthorpe) 70 . 



Surrey : Lambeth 19 and Vauxhall 9 (Wing) ; Richmond Park 69 , 

 Box Hill and Oxshott 62 (Donisthorpe) ; Esher (Arnold) ; Woking 

 and Chobham 40 (Saunders) ; Shiere (Capron) 38 ; Weybridge 

 (F. Smith) 7 . 



Essex, S. : Walthamstow, Chingford and Epping Forest (E. A. 

 Butler). 



Herts : Letchworth (E. A. Butler). 



Middlesex : Paddington 9 and Highgate 29 (F. Smith) ; Enfield 

 (Pool and Donisthorpe) 69 . 



