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under-side of leaves of box : conchiformis, Gmel., on branches of elm ; juglandis, 

 Fitch, on walnut ; and linearis, Geoff r., on lime ; and I should be very much obliged 

 to any one who would send me in situ any scales found on these trees, hoping that 

 they may prove to the desired species. All the scales of this genus may be easily 

 recognised by their long, narrow, mussel-shaped form ; outwardly they are much 

 alike, the distinctive specific characters being minute. — J. W. Douglas, 8, Beaufort 

 Gardens, Lewisham : May 12th, 1888. 



On a collection of Ants from Gibraltar and Tangier. — Mr. J. J. Walker has 

 been kind enough to collect Ants for me during his stay at Gibraltar, and I have 

 pleasure in giving here a list of the species that he has so far been able to secure. 

 The two species which appear to me to be of chief interest are the curious Anochetus 

 Ghilianii, of which he has met with numerous examples, both at Gibraltar and 

 Tangier, and the rarer Amplypone denticulata, of which he has sent two § individuals, 

 one from Gibraltar and one from Tangier. Of A. Ghilianii, Mr. Walker says, writing 

 from Gibraltar, " The curious hook-jawed creature {Anochetus Ghilianii) is quite 

 plentiful at Tangier under stones, and I have lately found it here not rarely, it is no 

 use though as a host for bettles, by far the best one in that respect being the long, 

 active, black, pubescent species named for me by Mr. Lewis, Aphcenogaster 

 testaceopilosa, Lucas." It is curious that amongst the numbers of specimens sent 

 there should be no representative of either of our larger British genera of Heterogyna, 

 viz., Formica and Myrmica. 



The following is a list of Mr. Walker's captures : — 



Camponoti i sylvaticus, Oliv., $ , Gibraltar and Tangier ; marginatus, Ltr., $ , 

 Gibraltar; crwr.tatus, Ltr., $ ^ , Tangier ; micans, Nyl., $, Tangier. Tapinoma 

 erraticum, Ltr., $ £ > Gibraltar. Plagiolepis pygmeea, Ltr., $ $ , Gibraltar. 

 Anochetus Ghilianii, Spin., $, Gibraltar and Tangier. Amblypone denticulatum, 

 Bog., 5 ) Gibraltar and Tangier. Ponera punctatissima, Bog., $ , Gibraltar, one 

 specimen; ochracea, Mayr (very dark}, $ $, Gibraltar. Tetramorium caspitum, 

 Linn., $, Gibraltar. Monomorium subopacum, Sm., $, Gibraltar ; minutum, Mayr, 



$ , Gibraltar. Leptothorax Rottenbergi, Em., £ , Gibraltar. Aphcenogaster barbara, 

 Linn., $ $ , Gibraltar and Tangier; testaceopilosa, Luc, S $ $, Gibraltar; sardoa, 

 Mayr, ? $, Tangier; subterranea, Ltr., $, Gibraltar. Pheidole megacephala^ab., 



$ 5 > Gibraltar and Tangier. Cremastogaster scutellaris, Oliv., $ , Gibraltar ; 

 sordidula, Nyl., $ , Gibraltar. 



Mr. Walker says that all he has sent are underground species, with the exception 

 of Cremastogaster, which inhabits old trees. — Edward Saunders, St. Ann's, Mount 

 Hermon, Woking : May 10th, 1888. 



Mecinus circulatus, cfc, in the Isle of Wight. — During a short stay in the Isle 

 of Wight in the latter half of April I found Mecinus circulatus not uncommonly on 

 Plantago near Sandown ; very few other weevils were stirring, and all insects seemed 

 scarce, with the exception of ants under stones, and an Andrena on the cliffs. At 

 Ventnor I found several specimens of Medon pocofer (Lithocharis marilima), the 

 species being commoner than I have known it for some years, and one example of 

 Trechus lapidosus, which I have not seen alive for a long time. Micralymma, 

 Phytosus spinifer and balticus, Diglossa mersa and Dromius vectensis only occurred 

 by single specimens. At Sandown Mr. Gorham obtained a specimen of Trichonyx 

 Maerkeli, but we failed to find another.— W. W. Fowler, Lincoln : May 16th, 1888. 



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