THE BROWN ANT 81 



Order . . Hymenoptera 

 Family . . MYRMICHXE 

 Genus . . Myrmica 

 Species . . rubra, Linn, (leevinoctis, 

 Nyl.) 



PLATE XVI 



The brown ant needs no description supple- Brown ani 

 mental to the figure given. It is an uncertain 

 fly for the fisherman, but when it does appear 

 on the water its numbers are usually sufficient 

 to cause a veritable orgie amongst the trout. 

 In the Hebrides, sea-trout have been found to 

 take it freely when it has been blown on to the 

 water. M. Iczvinodis is one of six races of 

 M . rubra, the only European species native in 

 our country. Most of the races are common, 

 especially one named scalerinodis, Nylander, 

 according to the late Mr. Edward Saunders. 



