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Evania lavigata, Latr. Gen, Crust. Ins. iii. p. 251 (1807).

The species of this curious genus, though rare in England, are common in many countries, and are believed to be parasitic on cockroaches.

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Formica maculata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i, p. 491, n. 15 (1781).

A common African species.

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Formica virescens, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 392, n. 9 (1775).

These green ants are found throughout the tropics of the Old World, and form their nests of leaves on trees.

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Anomura molesta, Gerst. Mon. Akad, Wiss. Berl. 1858, p. 262; Peters's Reise Mossamb., Zool. v. p. 562, pl. xii. fig. 2 (1862).

A species originally described from Mozambique.

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Sphex spirifex, Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 570, n. 8 (1758).

A widely distributed species in South Europe and Africa.