A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



and as the locality is well represented with horticulturists they have the next essential thing, food. 

 A choice variety of flowers is grown in abundance for those requiring honey or pollen, and 

 where there is abundance of flowers it follows that an abundance of Aphides will be found ; those 

 using these green flies for food will have a good supply, and so will others find the food they 

 require, whether it be caterpillars, beetles, flies, or spiders. 



Unfortunately there is no one in the county that I am aware of who has devoted his 

 whole attention to this order, consequently it cannot be said to have been properly and systematically 

 worked. Devonshire was one of the favoured counties of the older entomologists. Leach, Curtis, 

 and Stephens, for these names we often meet in old records. As Leach resided at Spichwick, 

 which is only a short distance from Exeter, I would suggest that the three worked together 

 occasionally during their holidays. 



A few of Leach's bees have not been observed since his time, and there is some doubt about 

 the correctness of these records, as he was knovni to have collected on the Continent. 



HETEROGYNA 



FORMICIDAE 



Jnts 

 Formica, Linn. 

 * — rufa, Linn. Race congerens, 



occasionally found in the 



same localities 

 § — exsecta, Nyl. 

 * — fusca, Linn. 

 § — do. race cunicularia, Latr. 

 *Lasius, fuliginosus, Latr. 

 * — niger, Linn. 

 * — do. race alienus, Farst. 

 * — umbra tus, Nyl. 

 § — do. race mixtus 

 •* — flavus, De Geer. 

 §Tapinoma erraticum, Latr. 



PONERIDAE 



tPonera contracta, Latr. 



Myrmicidae 



§Myrmecina Latreillei, Curt. 

 *Tetramorium caespitum, Linn. 

 tStenamma Westwoodi, West. 

 §Leptothorax acervorum. Fab. 

 § — tuberum, Fab. 

 § — do. race unifasciatus, Latr. 

 **Myrmica rubra, Linn. Its races 

 are gen. dis. 



— race I, sulcinodis, Nyl. 



— „ 2, ruginodis, Nyl. 



' — » 3j laevinodis, Nyl. 



— „ 4, scabrinodis, Nyl. 



— „ 5, lobicomis, Nyl. 



Introduced Species 



Prenolepis vividula, Nyl. Found 

 at the root of an imported 

 palm, July, 1895 (a 

 colony ; no female was 

 found when search was 

 made, but eggs were ob- 

 served) ' 



Monomorium Pharaonis,, Linn. 

 Too plentiful to be 

 pleasant in bakehouses 

 and private residences in 

 and around Plymouth 



' Workers have been known to pro- 

 duce eggs when the female has been 

 destrojred ; these would produce males 

 only. G.C.B. 



HETEROGYNA {cont.) 

 Myrmicidae {cont.) 



tTetramorium simillimum. Smith. 

 In a hothouse at Mr. 

 Parkin's, Union Road, Exe- 

 ter. (Parfitt) 

 Cremastogaster scutellaris, Oliv. 

 Found I Nov., 1892, in 

 imported apples 



FOSSORES 



MUTILLIDAE 



tMutilla europaea, Linn. 

 §Myrmosa melanocephala, Fab. 

 tMethoca ichneumonides, Latr. 



TiPHUDAE 



§Tiphia femorata. Fab. 

 * — minuta, V. d. Lind. 



Safygidae 



§Sapyga 5 -punctata, Fab. 

 § — clavicornis, Linn. 



Pompilidae 



§ Pompilus unicolor, Spin. 



§ — bicolor, Lep. 



* — rufipes, Linn. 



§ — cinctellus. Spin. 



§ — plumbeus. Fab. 



* — niger, Fab. 



* — viaticus, Linn. 



§ — minutulus, Dahlb. 



§ — spissus, Schiadte 



§ — chalybeatus, Schiadte 



* — gibbus. Fab. 



§ — pectinipes, Linn. 



*SaIius fuscus, Linn. 



§ — aifinis, V. de Lind. 



* — exaltatus. Fab. 



§ — notatulus, Saund. 



* — pusillus, Schiadte 



§ — parvulus, Dahlb. 



§Calicurgus hyalinatus. Fab. 



§Ceropales macula tus. Fab. 



Sphegidae 



§Astatus boops, Schr. 

 *Tachytes pectinipes, Linn, 

 t^ — unicolor, Panz. 



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FOSSORES {cont.) 

 Sphegidae {cont.) 



§Trypoxylon figulus, Linn. 

 • — clavicerum, Lep. 

 * — attenuatum, Sm. 



*Ammophila sabulosa, Linn. 

 § — campestris, Latr. 

 * — hirsuta. Scop. 



•Spilomena troglodytes, V. de 

 Lind. 



§Pemphredon lugubris. Fab. 



§ — Shuckardi, Mor. 



§ — Wesmaeli, Mor. 



• — morio, V. de Lind. 



• — lethifer. Shuck. 



§Diodontus minutus. Fab. 



§ — luperus. Shuck. 



* — tristis, V. de Lind. 



§Passaloecus corniger. Shuck. 



§ — gracilis. Curt. 



§Mimesa equestris. Fab. 



§ — bicolor, Jur. 



§ — unicolor, V. de Lind. 



§Psen pallipes, Panz. 



*Gorytes mystaceus, Linn. 



§ — campestris, Linn. 



§ — bicinctus, Rossi. 



*Nysson spinosus. Fab. 

 — interruptus. Fab. Not rare 



§ — trimaculatus, Rossi. 



§ — dimidiatus, Jur. 



*Mellinus arvensis, Linn. 



§Cerceris Rybyensis, Linn. 



• — arenaria, Linn. Portlemouth, 

 on slopes towards the sea, 

 storing its cells with a 

 beetle (Otiorynchus suka- 

 tus) 



• — 5-fasciata, Linn. 



* — labiata. Fab. 



•Oxybelus uniglumis, Linn. 



§ — mandibularis, Dahlb. 



+ — nigripes, Oliv. 



t — mucronatus. Fab. 



•Crabro tibialis. Fab. 



* — clavipes, Linn. 



• — leucostomus, Linn. 



§ — cetratus, Shuck. 



* — podagricus, V. de Lind, 



t — palmarius, Schreb. 



t — palmipes, Linn. 



§ — varius, Lep. 



