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a nest of Donisthorpea fuliginosa by himself in 1859 24 by Edwin 

 Shepherd with the same ant in I860 26 , and he points out that 



E. W. Janson had taken it previously, also with the same Donis- 

 thorpea in 1863 he writes " This minute ant appears to be a con- 

 stant resident in the nests of other species, at least in this country ; 

 whether it is found invariably in such situations throughout Europe, 

 I am not prepared to say, but I have never found it separated from 

 other ants. Mr. Janson and also Mr. Shepherd, find it in nests of 

 Formica fuliginosa. I have also myself found it in company with 

 the same species, but sparingly. In May last it occurred in some 

 numbers in ants' nests near Highgate, but I have only been 

 successful in taking workers ; the only examples I have ever 

 obtained of the other sexes are two females ; one was taken on the 

 wing in October, and the other on a Christmas Day, some years 

 ago. I am inclined to believe that M . lippula never constructs its 

 own nest, but resides constantly with species of Formicidae." 29 

 In 1863 he found this species in some abundance in and in the 

 vicinity of a nest of Formica rufa* 1 . Von Hagens records workers 

 at Cleve, chiefly with Donisthorpea fuliginosa, singly with Formica 

 sanguinea and D. brunnea**. Parfitt found a worker in a nest of 



F. rufa in Devonshire 41 ; Farren-White took it at Charlton in 

 company with D. umbrata 55 , and Saunders near a nest of F. rufa 

 and another of D. fuliginosa under dead leaves at Chobham in 

 May, 1893 45 58 . 



Wasmann records it for Dutch Limburg in the neighbourhood 

 of nests of D. umbrata, D. brunnea, and M . ruginodis* 8 . 



My own captures of this species in other ants 'nests are as follows : 

 Seven specimens at different times in a nest of D. fuliginosa at 

 Oxshott 62 singly in a nest of F. rufa in Parkhurst Forest 70 

 (April 26th, 1909), and D. fuliginosa at Darenth Wood 70 (June 5th, 

 1909) a worker in a nest of D. mixta at Box Hill on May 23rd, 

 1913 and five workers with D. fuliginosa at Wey bridge (September 

 7th and 12th, 1914). No winged forms however appear to have 

 been found with other ants, as was also pointed out by von 

 Hagens 34 . 



The winged forms occur late in the year, and the marriage flight 

 takes place in September and October. 



Curtis captured a male at Blackgang Chine in the middle of 

 October, 1829 8 , Wing a female flying at Vauxhall on December 9th, 

 1850 5 , and F. Smith two winged females at Paddington in September 

 1854 9 , and whilst sketching the ruins of Corfe Castle a male alighted 

 on his sketch book 30 , on October 6th, 1863. 



Von Hagens records a marriage flight at Elberfeld on October 

 15th, 1864 34 . Capron found a male at Shere on October 15th, 

 1878 38 , Frisby took two winged females at rest on the inside of a 

 half -opened window at Maidstone at the end of August or begin- 

 ning of September, 1887 47 , and Saunders records the capture by 



