DONISTHORPEA. 189 



Ent. Soc. Lond. 1880 208 25 ; Er. Andre Spec. Hym. Europe 2 49-50 191 

 (1881) 26 . Formica fuliginosa Buckton Mon. Brit. Aphidae 4 86 (1883)". 

 Lasius fuliginosus Perkins Ent. Mo. Mag. 27 195 (189 1) 28 . Formica fuliginosa 

 Douglas Ent. Mo. Mag. 28 106 (1892) 29 . Lasius fuliginosus Dalla Torre 

 Cat. Hym. 7 185 (1893) 30 ; D. Sharp Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 202 31 ; 

 Sulc Ent. Mo. Mag. 30 87 (1894) 32 . Formica (Lasius) fuliginosa Farren- 

 White Ants' Ways 234-235 (1895) 33 . Lasius fuliginosus Saunders Hym- 

 Acul. 23-24 (1896) 34 ; Donisthorpe Ent. Rec. 9 246 (1897) 35 ; Rothney 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. 35 14 (1899) 36 ; Morley Hym. Suffolk 1 1 (1899) 37 ; D. Sharp 

 Camb. NH. Ins. 2 138 38 153 39 (1899) ; Wasmann Zool. Anzeig. 22 85-87 

 (1899) 40 ; Lagerheim Ent. Tidskr. 21 17-29 (1900) 41 ; Oudemans Allgem. 

 Zeitschr. Ent. 6 179 (1901) 42 ; Vic. Hist. Durham 1 95 (1905) 43 ; Escherich 

 Ameise 94 44 112 45 (1906) ; de Lanoy Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 52 47-53 (1908) 46 ; 

 Forel Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 52 180 (1908) 47 ; Emery Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 

 52 182 (1908) 48 ; Donisthorpe Trans. Leicester Lit-Phil. Soc. 12 224 (1908) 49 ; 

 Wasmann Zool. Anzeig. 35 135 (1909) 50 ; Wheeler Biol. Bull. 19 134 (1910) 51 ; 

 Donisthorpe Ent. Rec. 22 17 (1910) 52 ; Crawley Ent. Record 22 67 (1910) 53 ; 

 Donisthorpe Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1911 180-181 54 : Entom. 44 390 (1911) 55 ; 

 Donisthorpe and Crawley Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1911 664-672 56 ; Donis- 

 thorpe Ent. Rec. 24 6 (1912) 57 ; Zimmer Zeit. Wiss. Insektenbiol. 8 32 

 (1912) 58 ; Crawley and Donisthorpe Int. Ent. Cong. Oxford 1912 2 51-55 

 (1913) 59 ; Donisthorpe Rep. Lancs-Chesh. Ent. Soc. 36 1912 40 (1913) 60 : 

 Ent. Rec. 26 39 (1914) 61 ; J. B. Elliott Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 1914 138-139 62 . 



^ Jet black, shining, funiculus and tarsi yellowish brown, mandibles, scape 

 femora and tibiae reddish brown. The whole body finely alutaceous, and sparsely 

 covered with fine pubescence. 



Head large cordiform, emarginate posteriorly ; ocelli very small but dis- 

 tinct. Epinotum broad. Scale high, narrowest at apex. Long. 4-6 mm. 



Fig. 82. Donistlior pea fuliginosa $ with 

 gaster distended with eggs. 



$ Colour and puncturation the same as in the worker ; more pubescent, 

 with short erect hairs. 



Head large, as broad as thorax, cordiform, slightly more strongly emar- 

 ginate posteriorly than in the . Wings with the anterior half blackish. 

 Long. 6-6*5 mm. (6-8 mm. teste Andre.) 



6* Colour as in the $, less pubescent, but puncturation more distinct. 



