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  (Salticm), 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  closely 
  mimicked 
  the 
  ant. 
  It 
  was 
  

   stated 
  that 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  Rhinopsis 
  exhibited 
  had 
  lately 
  been 
  

   received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Wroughton, 
  Conservator 
  of 
  Forests, 
  

   Poona. 
  

  

  Paper's 
  dc, 
  read. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kothney 
  communicated 
  the 
  following 
  short 
  paper 
  on 
  

   the 
  subject 
  of 
  the 
  ants 
  and 
  mimicking 
  sand 
  wasps 
  and 
  spiders 
  

   exhibited, 
  entitled 
  "Further 
  notes 
  on 
  Indian 
  Ants." 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  ' 
  Indian 
  Ants,' 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  this 
  

   Society, 
  April 
  3rd, 
  1889, 
  I 
  referred 
  to 
  a 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  sand-wasp 
  

   (since 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  as 
  Rhinopsis 
  ruficornis) 
  

   closely 
  mimicking 
  the 
  ant, 
  Sima 
  rufo-nigra, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  

   ant 
  in 
  Bengal. 
  I 
  had 
  only 
  observed 
  three 
  of 
  these 
  wasps 
  in 
  

   company 
  with 
  the 
  ants, 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  had 
  only 
  captured 
  one, 
  

   which 
  was 
  exhibited 
  at 
  that 
  meeting. 
  By 
  the 
  last 
  mail 
  I 
  

   received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Wroughton, 
  Conservator 
  of 
  Forests, 
  

   Poona, 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  wasp 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  sent 
  for 
  

   exhibition. 
  Mr. 
  Wroughton 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  ' 
  I 
  am 
  sending 
  you 
  a 
  parcel 
  containing 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   the 
  Ampulex 
  (Rhinopsis) 
  which 
  mimics 
  Sima 
  rufo-nigra. 
  I 
  

   found 
  an 
  oasis 
  of 
  irrigation 
  in 
  the 
  Konkau, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  

   rufo-nigra 
  like 
  a 
  fly 
  in 
  amber, 
  and 
  moreover 
  any 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   the 
  Rhinopsis 
  ; 
  I 
  got 
  about 
  a 
  dozen 
  specimens. 
  I 
  also 
  saw 
  two 
  

   or 
  three 
  of 
  these 
  wasps 
  collar 
  a 
  peculiar 
  cockroach 
  by 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  and 
  lead 
  it 
  off 
  into 
  a 
  crack 
  in 
  the 
  bark, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  

   cockroach 
  reappeared 
  smiling 
  each 
  time 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  what 
  

   was 
  up. 
  The 
  ants 
  took 
  no 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  cockroach.' 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  consider 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  directly 
  this 
  ant, 
  

   Sima 
  rufo-nigra, 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  some 
  numbers 
  on 
  the 
  Western 
  side 
  

   of 
  India, 
  this 
  mimicking 
  wasp 
  should 
  also 
  appear. 
  Mr. 
  

   Wroughton's 
  observations 
  and 
  captures 
  of 
  Rhinopsis 
  thus 
  very 
  

   conclusively 
  confirming 
  this 
  curious 
  case 
  of 
  mimickry. 
  It 
  is 
  

   also 
  interesting 
  that 
  both 
  this 
  wasp 
  and 
  a 
  spider, 
  Salticus, 
  should 
  

   so 
  closely 
  mimic 
  this 
  ant 
  ; 
  but 
  as 
  Sima 
  rufo-nigra 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  

   fierce 
  species 
  armed 
  with 
  an 
  exceptionally 
  powerful 
  and 
  

   pungent 
  sting, 
  this 
  may 
  afford 
  some 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  imitation." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Champion 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  "A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  

   Heteromerous 
  Coleoptera 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Walker, 
  E.N., 
  

  

  