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MYRMECOPHILOUS NOTES FOR 1906. 317 



Myrmecophilous notes for 1906 {with plate). 



By H. St. J. K. DONISTHOEPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 {Continued from p. 289.) 



Hoinalota parallela, Man. — -I had the pleasure of taking this little 

 " Staph." with Formica rufa, at Corbridge, in Northumberland, in 

 company with my friend, Mr. Bagnall, as also the minute Ptilium 

 myrmecopliilum, All. The former has only been recorded from 

 Scarborough and Scotland heretofore. Mr. Bagnall has also added 

 Notothecta ancepfi, Er., 2^ . flavipes, Gr., Leptaciniis formicetoriim, Mark., 

 Quedius brevis, Er., Monotoma conicicollis, Aub., and M. formicetoriim, 

 Th., to the Northumberland and Durham list this year. 



Notothecta confusa, Mark., was not uncommon at Wellington 

 College, and I also took it at Pyrford, with its host, Lasiiis fuliginosus. 



Lamprinus safjinatas, Gr., has again been taken by Commander 

 J. J. Walker, at Tubney, with Myrmica riiginodis, and Mr. Chitty took 

 it in October with Ponera contracta, at Cbaring. 



Heterothops qnadripunctula, Gr. — I have taken several specimens 

 with Lasins faliginosus, at Wellington College. I have also taken it 

 with Formica rufa, at Weybridge, as has also Mr. Harwood, at 

 Colchester. These are not the true qnadripunctula, Gr., and I am not 

 quite satisfied if they are the same species [H. nii/ra, Kr.) which Dr. 

 Joy has found in such numbers in moles' nests. They appear to me to 

 be a little larger, the punctuation more alutaceous, and consequently 

 not so shining. The latter species is said to be a var. of H. praevia, 

 Er., but, I agree with Joy, without sufficient evidence. 



Quedius brevis, Er. — Mr. Champion tells me he took this species 

 with Formica sanguinea, at Woking. It has only been recorded with 

 F. rufa and Lasius fuliginosus heretofore. 



Bgthinus glabratus, Rye. — Mr. Chitty still continues to take this 

 rare species with Ponera contracta at Charing. 



Coccinella distincta, Fald., was very common at Weybridge, on and 

 about the nests of F. rufa, in May. 



Trichonyx mdrkeli, Aub., was again taken by Mr. Dollman, at 

 Ditchling, in April, this time with Lasius Jiavus. 



Ampliotis marginata, F. — I took this species in some numbers at 

 Wellington College, and also at Pyrford, with its host Lasius fuli- 

 ginosus, and I bred a specimen out of my observation nest, of the same 

 ant, in October. I may mention that I bred Dinarda mdrkeli in my F. 

 rufa nest from Weybridge, and I took the larvae of both Myrmedonia 

 laticollis and Quedius brevis, in plenty, with L. fuliginosus, at Wellington 

 College. 



FoRMiciDiE. — Formicoxenus nitidulus, Nyl. — This appears to have 

 been a good year for this rare little ant. Mr. Bagnall took it in plenty 

 with F. rufa at Corbridge, in Northumberland, and also in Durham, 

 taking ^&, ? s, and ^ s, the ^ not having been recorded from 

 Britain before. Mr. Jackson took it with L . rufa at Bournemouth, 

 and I took it with the same ant at Weybridge, in April, May, and July, 

 and also had the pleasure of taking it with both these gentlemen in their 

 localities. 



Leptothorax acevorum, F. — I have taken this ant occasionally with 

 Formica sanguinea at Woking, and Mr. Pool took it with F. rufa at 

 Enfield ; taking winged ^ s and ? s also. 



