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NOTES ON THE 
tematic Catalogue, but the insect does not exist in the 
Stephensian Collection ; there it is represented by M. scabri- 
nodes, male. This species, which is the M. fuscula of Ny- 
lander, is very abundant on our coasts ; it abounds along the 
Undercliff, Isle of Wight, and many large colonies exist on 
the shore below Southend; it is also abundant at Folk- 
stone, &c. 
5. M . simillima, Smith; this insect was sent to me by 
Mr. Dale some years ago, captured in Dorsetshire. 
Family Formicid.®. 
6. Tapinomia collina , Forster (Hvm. Stud. Form. p. 43, 
21). This species was captured by Mr. Dale, at-- 
It is a form new to our Fauna—being characterized by 
having the scale decumbent, the base of the abdomen being 
produced and overhanging the abdominal scale and pe¬ 
duncle; this is the most obvious point of difference from 
Formica . 
Notes in explanation of the New Species of Aculeate 
Hymenoptera in Stephens’s Systematic Catalogue. 
NO. ' 
4865. Pompilus nervosus , Steph., the 2 of P. gibbus, Linn. 
4866. P. cognatus, Steph., the 2 of P.pectinipes , Linn. 
4867. P. basalts , the $ of P. gibbusi Linn. 
4868. P. pheeopterus , Steph., the $ of P. affinis, Van der Lind. 
4869. P. apicalis, Steph., the $ of P. niger , Fab. 
4870. P. aterrima, Steph., the $ of P. niger (major), Fab. 
4873. P. argyrostoma, Steph., the $ of P. plumbeus, Fab. 
4875. P. nigerrimus , Steph., the 2 of P. petiolalus, Van der 
4877. P. subfasciatusy Steph., the 2 ofP. hyalinatns, Fab. 
4879. P. nebulosus, Steph., the 2 of P. exoltatus, Fab. 
4880. P. zonatus, Steph., the $ of P. exaltatus (minor), Fab. 
4881. P. subnebulosus, Steph., variety of the $ of P. exaltatusy F a 
4884. P.formosuSy Steph., the $ of P. notatus , Rossi. 
