108 Ins. 
IIYMBNOPTERA. 
occulta^ fig. 16, p. 209, Imcotoinia^ p 279, and holmhcnji, p. 282, Arribal- 
zaga, 1. V. Ll^'78], Buonos Aires. 
Myrmosa radoszJcowslcii, Saussure, 1. c. p. 12, pi. i. fig. 6, Turkistan. 
Plesia fedtschenJei, id. 1. c. p. 19, pi. ii. fig. 12, Turkistan. (P. tartara 
on plate). 
Discolia vollenhovenia, id. 1. c. p. 22, pi. i. fig. 8, Samarcand. 
T'rielis fedtschenici, fig. 9, and tartara, figs. 10 & 11, id. 1. c. p. 24, pi. i., 
Turkistan. 
Meria tartara, radialis, and timurella, id. 1. c. pp. 38-40, pi. ii. figs. 19-21, 
Turkistan. 
Paeudomeria tamerlanella, id. 1. c. p. 41, pi. ii. fig. 22, Turkistan 
(figured as P. tartara). 
Sayyya rabripes, Texas, proxima, Colorado, verticalis, Nevada, cali- 
fornica, California, nigripes, pumila, Nevada, emarginata, conjluenta, Colo- 
rado, mcesta, p. xx., nevadica, Nevada, angiistata, California, truncata, 
ohscura, falvicornis, Nevada, americana, New York, montana, elegans, 
Nevada, and coloradensis, Colorado, p. xxi. ; Cresson, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 
viii. 
Scleroderma ephippium, S. S. Saunders, P. E. Soc. 1880, p. xxvii., 
Epirus, Corfu. 
FoiailCIDTE. 
Adolph, E. Ueber das Flugel-geader des Lasius urnhratus, Nyl. Verb. 
Ver. Rheinl. xxxvii. pp. 35-53, pi. i. 
Relates both to normal and abnormal neuration. {Cf. also Insecta : 
General Subject.) 
Humphreys, J. T. An observation on the habits of the Black Ant 
{Formica fusca). N. Am. Ent. i. pp. 89-91. 
On transferring an ant from one part of a marching column to another, 
it was invariably shunned by its companions. 
LunnocK, [Sir] J. Observations on Ants, Bees, and Wasps. Part vii.. 
Ants ; with a Description of a new species of Honey Ant. J. L. S. 
XV. pp. 107-187, pi. viii. (cf. also Nature, xxii. pp. 184 & 185). 
The following subjects are discussed, and the conclusions appended 
arrived at : — (1) Power of communication by something approaching to 
language : ants are at least able to summon others to their help. (2) 
Recognition of relations : this is not personal or individual, nor is it due 
to any sign or pass-word. (3) Workers breeding; their eggs only pro- 
duce males. (4) Longevity : ants live at least five or six years. (5) Be- 
haviour to strange queens : queens introduced into queenless nests are 
generally attacked and killed. (G) Sense of direction, and (7) hearing, 
and experiments with telephone : results inconclusive. (8) On the sting 
of Formica : the writer regards the ancestral ant as aculeate, and the 
sting of Formica as having become rudimentary, perhaps from disuse. 
(9) On the arrangement of nests. (10) On the treatment ot Aphides: 
the ants carry the eggs indoors during the winter, and then place the 
young on the food-plant in spring. 
