LIST
OF THE
SPECIMENS
OF
BRITISH ANIMALS
IN
THE COLLECTION
OF THE
BRITISH MUSEUM.
PART VI.—HYMENOPTERA ACULEATA.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
LONDON, 1851.
INTRODUCTION.
The principal object of the present Catalogue has been to
give a complete list of the species of Aculeate Hymenopterous
Insects that have been recorded as found in Great Britain, in-
dicating at the same time their localities, and the species that
are contained in the Collection; the latter are indicated by the
fetters B. M. annexed.
This Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects has been prepared
and the new species described by Me. Frederick Smith, so
well known for his attention to this order of Insects.
JOHN EDWARD GRAY.
British Museum,
Sept. l0th, 1851.
CATALOGUE
OF
BRITISH HYMENOPTERA.
Order HYMENOPTERA, Linn.
Division 2. ACULEATA, Latr.
Tribe 1. HETEROGYNA, Latr.
Family 1. FORMICIDAE, Leach.
1. FORMICA.
Formica, pt, Linn. Faun. Suec. 426,1761.
Lasius, pt, Fab. Syst. Piez. 415, 1804.
1. Formica rufa. The Wood Ant B.M.
Formica rufa, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1721. Scop. Ins. Carn. 836. Be
Geer, Ins. 2, 1053, i. t 41, f. 1, 2. Fab. Syst. Ent. 391, 4.
Schrank, Ins. Aust. 834. Eourc. Ent. Paris, ii. 452,4. Rossi,
Faun. Etrus. ii. 113,936. Christ. 510, t 60, f. 7,8. Don.
Brit. Ins. 14, 76, t 496. Lat. Fourm. 143, t. 5, f. 28. Jurine,
Hym. 272. St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. i. 201, 3. Curtis, Brit.
Ent. 16, t 752 Zett. Ins. Lapp. 448, 3.
Formica dorsata, Panz. Faun. Germ. 54,1. [[queen]].
Formica Herculanea, Sam. Comp. 69, t. 8, f. 10.
B
2 CATALOGUE OF
Formica maxima, Ray, Hist Ins.
The Hill-Ant, Gould's Ants, ii. 1.
La Fourmi brune, a corcelet fauve, Geoff. Ins. ii. 428, 4.
Hub. Fourm. 320.
Hab.—Britain.
2. Formica sanguinea. The Warrior Ant B. M.
Formica sanguinea, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 150, t. 5,f. 29. Jurine,
Hym. 272. Huber, Fourm. 326, t. 2, f. 5,6,7. St. Farg. Hist.
Nat. Ins. i. 203,4.
Formica cephalotes Europea, Christ. Hym. 511, t 60, f. 9.
Hab.—Hants, Shirley, Surrey, in Banks.
3. Formica cunicularia. The Mining Ant. B. M.
Formica cunicularia, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 151. St. Farg. Hist.
Nat. Ins. i. 203, 5,
Formica obsoleta, Latr. Essai,38.
Formica pratensis, Oliv. Enc. Méth, vi. 504.
Formica media, Ray, Hist. Ins. 69.
Huber, 324, 2, f. 11, 12, 13.
Hab.—Highgate, Banks, &c.
4. Formica brunnea. The Brown Ant. B. M.
Formica brunnea, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 168, t. 6, f. 35, A.
Formica pallida, Latr. Essai, 41.
Formica brunnea, Jurine, 273.
Hab.—Hampstead, Banks, &c.
5. Formica nigra. The Garden Ant. B. M.
Formica nigra, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1723. Scop. Ent. Carn. 834.
De Geer, Ins. ii. 1085, 4, t 42, f. 16. Schrank, Ins. Aust. 832.
Rossi, Faun. Etrus, ii. 113, 937. Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 352,10.
Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 156. St. Farg. Hist. Nat, Ins. i.
206, 7.
Lasius niger, Fab. Syst. Piez. 415,1.
Formica minor, Ray, Hist. Ins. 69.
BRITISH HYMENOPTERA. 3
Swamm. Bill. Nat. t.16, f. 1—11.
The small black Ant, Gould, Eng. Ants, ii. 5.
La Fourmi toute noire, Geoff. Ins. Par. ii. 429, 6.
Hab.—Britain, Banks.
6. Formica fusca. The Ash-coloured Ant. B.M.
Formica fusca, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1722. De Geer, Ins. ii. 1082, 3,
t. 42, f. 12, 15. Schrank, Ins. Aust. 413, 833. Oliv. Enc.
Méth. vi. 433. Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 352, 11. Latr. Hist. Nat.
Fourm. 159, t. 6, f. 32. Jurine, Hym. 272. St. Farg. Hist.
Nat. Ins. 205, 6. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 448,4.
Formica libera, Scop. Ent. Carn. 313, 835.
Formica nigra, Christ. 510, t. 60, f. 6.[[male]]
La Fourmi toute brune, Geoff. Ins. Par. ii. 428, 5.
Huber, Fourm. 322, t. 2, f. 8,9,10.
Hab.—Britain, Banks.
7. Formica fuliginosa. The Jet Ant. B. M.
Formica fuliginosa, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 140, t. 5, f. 27, a. b.
St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. i. 200, 2.
Formica media, Ray, Hist. Ins. 69 ?
The Jet Ant, Gould, Eng. Ants, 3.
Hab.—Britain, Trunks of trees, &c.
8. Formica flava. The Turf Ant B. M.
Formica flava, De Geer, Ins. ii. 1089, 5, t. 42, f. 24. Fab. Ent.
Syst. ii. 357, 34. Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 166, t. 6, f. 36, a.
Oliv. Enc. Méth. vi. 496. St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. i. 208, 9.
Formica minor rubescens, Ray, Ins. 69.
The common Yellow Ant, Gould, Eng. Ants, 3.
Huber, Fourm. 52.
Hab.—Britain, Meadows and banks.
B 2
4 CATALOGUE OF
Fam. 2. MYRMICIDE, Smith.
1. MYRMICA.
Formica, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 962,1766.
Myrmica, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iv. 131.
Manica, Jurine, Hym. 276,1807.
1. Myrmica rubra. The Bed Ant. B. M.
Formica rubra, Linn. Syst. Nat. 963,7. De Geer, Ins. ii, 1093, 6,
t. 43, f. I. Schrank, Ins. Aust. 415, 837. Oliv. Enc. Méth.
vi. 493. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 353,14. Don. 14,87, t. 503. Latr.
Hist. Nat. Fourm. 246, t. 10, f. 62.
Myrmica rubra, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. 131. St. Farg. Hist. Nat.
Ins. i. 181,2, t. 2, f. 3, [[male]].
Formica minima rubra, Ray, Ins. 69.
The Red Ant, Gould, Eng. Ants, ii. 3.
Manica rubra, Jurine, 279.
Huber, Fourm, 59.
Hab.—Britain, Meadows, Banks, &c.
2. MYRMICA CAESPITUM. B. M.
Formica caespitum, Linn. Faun. Suec. 427,1726. Scop. Ins. Carn.
837. De Geer, Ins. ii. 1105, 7, t. 43, f. 15,16. Schrank, Ins.
Aust. 836. Oliv. Enc. Méth. vi. 496. Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii.
113, 938. Christ. Hym. 503, t. 58, f. 1, 2, 3. Fab. Ent.
Syst. ii. 358, 35. Latr. Fourm. 251,t.10, f. 63.
Hab.—Hants, Borders of woods, &c.
3. Myrmica tuberum B. M.
Formica tuberum, Fab. Syst. Ent. 393, 15. Ent. Syst. 358, 36
Oliv. Enc. Méth. vi. 497. Latr. Hut. Fourm. 74.
Myrmica tuberum, St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. i. 183, 3. Zett. Ins.
Lapp. 452, 4.
Formica tuberosa, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 259.
Hab.—Shirley Common, Surrey, &c.
BRITISH HYMENOPTERA. 5
4. Myrmica acervorum. B. M.
Formica acervorum, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 358, 38.
Myrmica acervorum, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 451, 3.
Hab.—Hants, under bark,
5. Myrmica graminicola.
Formica graminicola, Latr. Forum. 255.
Hab.—Weybridge, Surrey, under stones.
6. Myrmica unifasciata. B. M.
Formica unifasciata, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 257.
Hab.—Coombe Wood Surrey, in moss.
7. Myrmica domestica. The House Ant B. M.
Myrmica domestica, Shuck. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, 626, 1838.
Bostock, Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 65.
Hab.—Houses, London, Brighton, &c.
2. MYRMECINA.
Myrmecina, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. t 266, 1830. Westw. Int. Class.
Ins. Synop. 83,1840.
1. Myrmecina Latreillii.
Myrmecina Latreillii, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. 265.
Hab.—Isle of Wight, Hants, and Colney Hatch Middlesex.
3. STENAMMA.
Stenamma, Westw. Int. Class. Ins. Synop. 83, 1840.
1., Stenamma Westwoodii. B. M.
Stenamma Westwoodii, Steph. Syst. Cat. 356, 48, 38. Westw. Int.
Class. Int. ii. 226, t. 80, f. 11,
Hab.—Britain
B 3
6 CATALOGUE OF
Fam. 3. PONERIDAE, Smith.
1. PONERA.
Formica, pt., Fab. Syst. Piez. 395, 1804.
Ponera, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. 127,1806.
1. PONERA CONTRACTA. B. M.
Formica contracta, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 195, t. 7, f. 40. Fabr.
Syst. Piez. 410, 58.
Ponera contracta, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. 128. St. Farg. Hist. Nat.
Ins. i. 195,8. Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent. Mand. Supp. 15, t. 42,
f.2.
Hab.—Britain.
Fam. 4. MUTILLIDAE, Leach.
1. MUTILLA
Mutilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. 966, 1766.
1. Mutilla. Europaea. B. M.
Mutilla Europaea, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1727, [[queen]]. Sulz. Gesch. Ins.
t. 27, f. 23, [[male]], 24, [[queen]]. Schrank, Ins. Aust. 415,839, [[queen]]. Oliv.
Enc. Méth. viii. 57, 15. Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 114, 939.
Christ. Hym. 147, t. 11, f. 1, [[male]], 2, [[queen]]. Don. Brit. Ins. vi. 77,
t. 212. Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 368,9. Latr. Hist. Nat. 13,263.
Coqueb. Illust. i. 16,1. a, [[queen]], b, [[male]]. Panz. Faun. Germ. 76,
20, [[male]]. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 29, 1, [[male]], [[queen]]. St. Farg. Hist. Nat.
Ins. iii. 597, 3. Nyland, Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. i. 8,1.
Apicis Europa, Harr. Expos. 166, 18, t. 50, f. 18.
Apicis Simile, Harr. Expos. 166,19, t 50, f. 19, [[queen]].
Hab.—Sandy districts (Nests of Bombi).
2. Mutilla calva. B. M.
Mutilla calva, Villers, Entom. iii. 343,9, t. 8, f. 34, [[queen]] Fab. Syst.
Piez. 438, 46, [[queen]]. Lat. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. x. 8,[[queen]]. Oliv.
Enc. Méth. viii. 64, 56, [[queen]]. Coqueb. Illustr. 68,t.16. f. 10,[[queen]].
Shuck. Foss. Hym. 30,2, [[male]], [[queen]]. St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii.
607, 19. Nyland, Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. 11, 3.
Mutilla nigrita, Panz. 80,22, [[male]]. Oliv. Enc. Méth. viii. 65,59,[[male]].
Hab.—Shooter's Hill?
BRITISH HYMENOPTERA. 7
3. Mutilla ephippium. B. M.
Mutilla ephippium, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 370, 18, [[male]]. Oliv. Enc.
Méth. viii. 63,45. Rossi, Faun. Etrus. Mant i. t. 2, f. n. [[queen]].
Curtis, Brit. Ent.ii.77,[[male]], [[queen]]. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 31, 3
St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 608, 22. Nyland, Act. Soc. Sc.
Fenn. 13,4.
Mutilla rufipes, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 372,26,[[male]]. Oliv. Enc. Méth.
viii. 66,68. Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 264. Coqueb. Illust. t. 16,
f. 9.
Mutilla sellata, Panz. Faun. Germ. 46, 19. [[queen]].
Hab.—Sandy districts, Surrey, Hants, Isle of Wight, Sea-shore.
7. MYRMOSA.
Mutilla, pt, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 366,1793.
Myrmosa, Lat. Hist. Nat. 13,1805.
1. Myrmosa melanocephala. B.M.
Mutilla melanocephala, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 372, 27, [[queen]]. Oliv. Enc.
Méth. viii. 65, 45. Coqueb. Illust. i. t. 6, f. 11.
Myrmosa melanocephala, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 266. Lat. Gen.
Crust. Ins. t. 13, f. 6, [[queen]]. Shuck. Foss. Hym. 33, 1, [[male]], [[queen]].
St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 589, 1. Dahlb. Clav. Hym. t.
f. 30, 31. Guér. Icon. Règ. An. t. 69, f. 6,[[queen]]. Nyland, Act.
Soc. Sc. Fenn. 16, 2, [[male]], [[queen]].
Myrmosa atra, Panz. 85,14, [[male]]. St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 591,
4, [[male]].
Myrmosa nigra, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. i. t. 13, f. 6, [[queen]].
Hab.—West of England.
8. METHOCA.
Methoca, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 268, 1805.
Mutilla, Jurine, Hym. 266, 1807.
Gonatophus, Nees ab Esenbeck, Hym. Ichneu. Affin. ii. 384,1834.
Tengyra, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iv. 116, [[male]], 1809.
APPENDIX.
FORMICA RUFA.
Formica rufa, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1721. Syst. Nat. i. 963, 4. Ny-
land, Adno. Mon. Form. Boreal, 902, 5. Foerster, Hym. Stud.
Form. 13, 3.
Formica polyctena,Foerster,Hym. Stud. Form. 15, 4, Var.?
Formica congerens, Foerster, Hym. Stud. Form. 17, 5, [[male]], [[queen]].
FORMICA SANGUINEA.
Formica sanguinea. Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 150. Foerster, Hym.
Stud. Form. 20, 6.
Formica dominula, Nyland. Adno. Mon. Form. Boreal. Europ.
905,6.
Female (length 41/4—41/2 lines). Head, thorax, legs and scale of
the abdomen bright fulvous red; the head above the antennas, of a
reddish brown; the wings smoky at their base, extending to the
stigma: abdomen ashy-black; superior margin of the scale entire.
Worker (length 3—4 lines). Bright ferruginous, the head has
the vertex, but rarely, slightly stained of a darker colour: abdomen
of an ashy-black, tinged with ferruginous at the base; the scale
slightly notched above.
116 APPENDIX.
Male (length 33/4—4 lines). Black; the legs, tip ofthe abdomen,
mouth (not the mandibles) and antennae;, pale red; the latter darkest
towards their base ; head and thorax of about equal width; abdo-
men one-third wider than the thorax; the scale not notched above;
the wings smoky as in the female. (All the sexes from the same
nest).
FORMICA CUNICULARIA.
Formica cunicularia, Latr. Fourm. 151. Nyland. Adno. Mon.
Form. Boreal. 913, 11. Foerster, Hym. Stud. Form. 26,9.
Female (length 4 lines). Antennae, face below them, the man-
dibles, thorax, legs and scale of the abdomen bright ferruginous;
the disk of the thorax of a dark red-brown, or with three or four
spots of that colour; the antennae are darker towards their apex
the scale is very slightly notched ; abdomen of an ashy black; at
the base and beneath having a ferruginous tinge: the wings are
hyaline, but slightly smoky towards their base; the nervures, are
testaceous, the stigma brown.
Worker (length 2—23/4 lines). This sex is similarly coloured to
the female, but altogether duller; and the thorax is more elongate
and narrowed towards the metathorax; the abdominal scale is not
notched, and the legs more elongate than in the female.
Male (length 4 lines). Black; the legs and tip of the abdo-
men of a pale reddish yellow; the scale is quadrate and deeply
notched above ; the wings hyaline, but smoky towards their base,
the nervures testaceous, the stigma brown: abdomen elongate,
about the same width as the thorax, and having a bright silky gloss.
(All the sexes taken from the same nest.)
Note.—The male closely resembles that of Formica fusca, but
distinguished by having the externo-medial nervure continued to
the base of the wing; in fusca it becomes obsolete.
FORMICA UMBRATA. B. M.
Formica umbrata, Nyland. Addit. Adno. Mon. Form. Boreal. Europ.
1048,[[male]], [[queen]], [[?]].
Hab.—Hampstead.
APPENDIX. 117
Female (length 3 lines) of a brown testaceous red; the legs and
antennas are pale testaceous, as are also the mandibles and apex of
the metathorax ; the scale is small, and not notched; the head and
disk of the thorax very smooth and shining; the wings ample, and
deeply smoky towards their base; the nervures and stigma are
pale testaceous; the head is of the same width as the thorax, the eyes
pubescent.
This species closely resembles F. flava, but the thorax is more
elongate and narrower, the legs are stouter, and the eyes are pubes-
cent ; the female only has hitherto been captured in England.
FORMICA NIGRA.
Formica nigra, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1723. Nyland. Adno. Mon. Form.
Boreal. 920, 16.
Formica fusca, Foerster, Hym. Stud. Form. 33, 14.
FORMICA FULIGINOSA.
Formica fuliginosa, Latr. Fourm. 140, t. 5, f. 27, [[male]], [[queen]], [[?]]. Ny-
land. Adno. Mon. Form. Boreal.915,12. Foerster, Hym. Stud.
Form. 28, 11.
FORMICA FLAVA.
Formica flava, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 357, 34. Nyland. Adno. Mon.
Form. Boreal. 922, 17. Foerster, Hym. Stud. Form. 38,17.
Formica fusca.
Formica fusca, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1722. Nyland. Adno. Mon.
Form. Boreal. 919, 15.
MYRMICA RUBRA. B. M.
Formica rubra, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1725.
Myrmica caespitum, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 450,1, [[male]].
Myrmica ruginodis, Nyland. Adno. Mon. Form. Boreal. 930, 3.
Foerster, Hym. Stud. Form. 66, 36.
118 APPENDIX.
The majority of specimens examined of this species possessing
the Linnean characteristic " punctum nigrum, sub abdomine," the
Linnean name has been retained for it
Myrmica laevinodis. B. M.
Myrmica laevinodis, Nyland. Adno. Man. Form. Boreal. Europ.
927, 1. Foerster, Hym. Stud. Form. 64,35.
Hab.—Britain.
This species is not rare, and has been hitherto regarded as a
form of M. rubra.
Myrmica ruginodis. B. M.
Formica vagans, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 358,37. Piez. 407,48 ?
Myrmica ruginodis, Nyland, Adno. Mon. Form. Boreal. Europ.
929, 2. Foerster, Hym. Stud. Form. 66,36.
Has.—Britain.
This species is equally abundant with M. rubra, and has been
hitherto regarded as a form of that species.
Myrmica fuscula. B. M.
Formica caespitum, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1726 ? Latr. Fourm. 251.
Myrmica fuscula, Nyland. Adno. Mon. Form. Boreal. Europ. 935,
6. Foerster, Hym. Stud. Form. 56, 29.
Hab.—Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight; London district; and Folk-
stone.
Myrmica simillima.
Myrmica simillima, Nyland. MSS.
Worker (length 3/4—1 line). Head and thorax pale ferrugi-
nous, the legs and antennae more pallid, the coxae a little coloured,
the eyes black; the abdomen is rufo- fuscous, pale towards the apex;
the head is evenly longitudinally striate; the thorax above is
without the usual transverse suture, but is a little compressed at the
sides about the middle, and gradually slightly narrowed from the
prothorax towards the nodes of the peduncle; the metathorax is
APPENDIX. 119
truncate at the apex, and the spines are short, broad, and acute;
the abdomen is furnished with a few scattered erect hairs.
This species is very much like M. tuberum, being of the same
size, and resembling some specimens closely in its colour; the
Sculpture is however different.
Hab.—Dorset.
Myrmica domestica.
Female (length 13/4 line). Pale fulvous, eyes and ocelli black; a
short elongate line on the prothorax, a similar one on each side; the
scutellum, a stain on the pectus, and sides of the breast brown ; a
transverse dark brown fascia on the basal segment of the abdomen
not quite reaching the apical margin, the remaining segments dark
brown, their margins piceous.
Male (length 1 line). Head black, thorax and abdomen nigro-
piceous, the legs and antennae pale testaceous, the femora tinged with
brown; the wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma very pale tes-
taceous; the abdomen is heart-shaped, rather palest at the base: the
metathorax and peduncle of the abdomen beneath without spines in
both sexes.
Pompilus ACUMINATUS.
Male (length 4 lines). Black; head very delicately punctured,
with a few larger scattered punctures; the face below the antennae
covered with a thin silvery pile, the labrum concealed, the antennae
about the length of the thorax, robust and of uniform thickness,
except the apical joint which is acuminate: thorax, very delicately
punctured, the metathorax much more strongly so, and having, par-
ticularly at the sides, a silvery pubescence; the sides of the thorax,
and all the coxae are covered with a changeable silvery pile; the
wings are slightly clouded at their margins; the second submarginal
cell is large and oblong, the third becomes gradually about one-
third narrower towards the marginal; the legs nigro-piceous, the
anterior pair simple, the intermediate and posterior pairs slightly
ciliated : abdomen narrower than the thorax, smooth and shining,
and thinly covered with a silvery pile, the extreme apex piceous.
Hab.—Kirkpatrick Juxta, Moffat, Scotland.
134 INDEX.
Wesmaeli, Crossocerus,
30
Westwoodii, Stenamma, 5
Wilkella, Andrena, 71
" Melitta, 71
Willughbiella, Apis, 78
„ Megachile,
78
X.
xanthomelana, Apis; 80
„ Osmia, 80
xanthopus, Halictus, 60
„ Melitta, 60
xanthosticta, Apis, 86
„ Nomada, 86
xanthura, Andrena, 73
Xanthura, Melitta, 73
Xylsecus, 33
xylorgos, Crabro, 27
Z.
zonulas, Halictus, 59
zonalis, Melitta, 62
ERRATA.
Page 128—flavoguttata, Apis, add 86.
„ „ Nomada, add 86.
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