60 THE entomologist's recokd. 



Bewdley, which were all taken in by the ^ ^ and pseudogynes. This 

 appears to have annoyed the ants, as although they were supplied with 

 plenty of animal food and honey, by July 1st they had devoured all the 

 sex pupse, eggs, and their own brood, and had killed all the Loiuechiisa, 

 some of which had been cut up. On July 8th I introduced ^ cocoons 

 of F. fiisra and F . nijibarbis from AVeybridge, to act as slaves ; most of 

 these were allowed to hatch, and live in the nest, but the female has 

 not laid since. The colony is in good condition to-day, very few 

 deaths have occurred, but of course no brood has been reared. The 

 pseudogynes behave in the same manner as ordinary ^ ^ , helping to 

 kill and cut up prey, etc., etc. 



On July 29th, near WelUngton College, a deflated mnguinea ? 

 was observed running on the ground near the nest of a /(/.sea colony. 

 The spot was far removed from any sanc/iiiiiea colony known to me, 

 and Sharp, who was with me at the time, told me that he did not 

 know of any smu/tiiuea nest withm a mile of where we were. This 

 was a good instance of the case when a sanguinea $ after the marriage 

 flight finds herself far removed from a colony of her own species, and 

 sets about to find a fnsca nest in which to found a colony. 



Formica ft(iicalj.,va,v. rnbescens Forel. On June 27th, I visited the ori- 

 ginal colony of this variety which I discovered at Bewdley in 1908 {Brit. 

 Atits, p. 319). It was still situated under the same large very heavy 

 stone on the embankment, and was very populous. It is a curious fact 

 that, as on previous visits, after the most careful search, no queen 

 could be found. J pupfe were plentiful, but neither 5 nor ^ pupffi were 

 present. It seems impossible that a queenless colony could exist, and 

 flourish, for eight years if only;? ants were produced. It is probable, 

 from our present knowledge, that ^ ^ have been continually reared 

 from eggs laid by the ? ? ; 5^ <? from the same source being brought 

 up in their proper season. Thesec? 5" would fly away and fertilize 

 $ 5 from other colonies which would occur in the same district. I 

 may mention I found other ^ ^ at some distance away, running about 

 on the paths. The time at my disposal did not allow me to hunt for 

 their nests. 



The only myrmecophiles present in the old nest were Bevkla albiiia 

 and Platyarthrits hoff'mansec/yi. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Loniechiisa gtnniioi^a F. The following few notes were made on 

 the specimens referred to above under Foruiica muf/iiinea. June 1st, 

 a pair of Lonwcluifia in cop., and again in the evening ; June 2nd, 

 2.30 p.m., another pair in cop. ; June 3rd, ditto ; June 4th, a pair in 

 cop., the ? feeding on a recently killed bluebottle ; June 7th, a pair 

 in cop. ; June 11th, ditto ; June 13th, ditto, and a $ was observed 

 endeavouring to copulate with a dead fly ! Two other specimens 

 eating at a dead earwig and dead fly. As before recorded after June 

 20th the LomecliHsa were all killed by the ants. I was very disap- 

 pointed at the untimely end of these beetles, as I was most anxious 

 to obtain their very young larvas. 



Wasmann has demonstrated in two very valuable papers [ZeiU. 

 ■iriss.ZooL, iU, 233-402 (1915) : Wien. Ent.Zeit., 3i, 882-93 (1915)] 

 that this beetle is viviparous, tiny live larviB being deposited by the 



