2 20 THE HYMENOPTERA ACULEATA OF DERBYSHIRE. 



Saunders in determining the species of many specimens from 



different sources, sent to him for identification, and which are 



marked with an asterisk (*) in the list. 



Abbreviations used : — 



E.B. — Edwin Brown, " Fauna of Burton-on-Trent " in 



Natural History of Tutbury, etc. (1863).' 

 E.S. — Edward Saunders, The Hynietwptera Aculeata of 



t/ie British Isles (1893-6). 

 J.H. — John Hill. (Little Eaton, etc.) 

 F.G. — F. Greenwood. (Chesterfield.) 

 G.P. — G. Pullen. (Breadsall Moors, Derby, etc.) 

 F.J. — F. C. R. Jourdain. (Ashbume district.) 



HETEROGYNA. 



FORMICIDjE : 



Formica rufa, L. In woods, rather local : Little Eaton 



(G.P.). 

 F. fusca, Latr. Common in dry banks (E.B.) ; very 



common and general. 

 Lasius fuliginosus, Latr. Scarce, but occasionally found 



in old stumps (F.J.). 

 L. flavus, De G. Common on light soils : near Derby 



(G.P.). 

 L. niger, L. Common in gardens and dry banks. 

 Myrmicid^, : 



Myrmica rubra, L. Common and general. 



FOSSORES. 

 Sapygid^e : 



Sapyga quinquepunctata, Fb. On rails and palings, 

 Burton (E.B.). 



S. clavicornis, L. Burton, but not common (E.B.); taken 

 several times by P. B. Mason in the Burton district 

 (A. H. Martineau) ; * one, Breadsall Moor, 1903 

 (G.P.). This appears to be exclusively a Midland 

 species. It has been recently recorded from Warwick, 

 Worcester, and Hereford. 



