Z THE ENTOMOLOGIST S KECORD. 



Wasmannia axiropimctata Roger. ^ ^ ; " Kew Gardens." 



Tapinoma eraticinii Latr. ^ ^ . 



Acanthowyops [Dendroladus) ftiliginosiis Latr. 5 2 and ^ ^ . 



Acanthouiyops [Donisthorpea) niger L. $ $ , ? ? , and § ^ . One 

 dealated 5 has the scale rather deeply emarginated ; it is clearly' 

 however, only niger. 



Acantliomyops (Dom'sthorpea) alieniis Forst. ^ 3' , 9 $ > and ^ ^ . 



Acantkomyops {Clitlionolaaius) fiavus F. ^ , ? ^ . 



Formica riifa L. 5 2,^^. 



Formica pratensis Retz. J (J , 2 2 , and ^ ^ . 



Formica fusca L. (?^ , 2 2 , ^ ? • 3 winged 2 ? and 2 (? ^^ on 

 one card are labelled " Blox., Poole Ed., Aug. 9th, 1915." Probably 

 a marriage flight. 



Formica fusca L. var. glebaria Nyl. ^ ^ . 



Myrmicinae. 



Myrmecina graminicola Latr. — My interesting "little colony of this 

 ant, which I have had in my possession for over 8 years, is still in a 

 flourishing condition ; very many dealated 2 2,^^ and larvae being 

 present to-day (November 6th). Winged 2 ? have been produced 

 in it, for the fourth year in succession, this year ; though 

 in less numbers than in previous years. <y 3- however appeared 

 in great numbers. The first 3 appeared on May 27th, and the first 

 winged 2 on June 30th. The last 3 died on October 7th. Most of 

 the 2 ? removed their wings in about a month's time, but one still 

 retained her wings on August 25th, when she was observed to help to 

 carry the larva. During the first week in July the 3 3 exhibited 

 signs of wishing to leave the nest, by being restless and running and 

 flying all over the nest. On September 17th a 3 was observed trying 

 to copulate with a dead ^ , and he persisted in his efibrts for a con- 

 siderable time. 



Myrmica laevinodis Nyl. var. ruginodo-laevinodis Forel. — The Rev. 

 E. E. Woodruff-Peacock sent me specimens of this variety taken at 

 Cadny, N. Lines. (June, 1917), which is a new county record for the 

 same. 



Myrmica scabrinodis Nyl. and var. sahuleti Mein. — Specimens of 

 this species and variety were taken at Church Stretton, Shropshire, 

 by Mr. Leman (September, 1918), who kindly gave them to me. 

 They are both new county records. 



A large colony of the variety, found by me at the foot of a post in 

 the New Forest on July 18th, contained very many winged 2 ? , but 

 only 3 pupte. Some of the winged 2 ? were observed to carry the 

 pup£B into safety. On July 28th the colony was visited again, when 

 numerous S 3 had hatched. One specimen taken home and mounted, 

 is peculiar in that there are apparently no nerves visible in the wings. 

 Leptothorax acervorum. P. — Mr. Butterfield sent me, among other 

 ants to name, a gynaecoid ^ of this species, which was running on a 

 rock at Rumbold Moor, Yorks (March 20th, 1918), and a very curious 

 2 taken in a mixed nest of L. acervorum and Myrmica ruginodis at 

 Mauley Bog, Keighley (April 26th, 1918). This is a small dealated 2 

 of L. acervorum, rather dark in colour, and is exceeding remarkable in 

 that it possesses no trace of either a petiole or a post-petiole ! The 

 gaster is joined directly on to the epinotum by the small neck which 



