I4<S WILLIAM MORTON WHEELKK. 



found Carebara vidua of South Africa also living in lestobiosis 

 in the clay nests of termites (Tenncs natalc/isis). A considera- 

 tion of these facts and the taxonomic affinities of Erebomyrma 

 Longii led me to surmise that this species too must be lestobiotic, 

 in all probability not with other ants but with .some of our Texan 

 termites. That the species is hypogseic would seem to be per- 

 fectly clear from Mr. Long's statements quoted in the opening 

 paragraphs of this paper. A second letter, in response to a re- 

 quest urging him to search for termite nests on the spot where 

 he found the En:boinyrma, tends to confirm my suspicions of 

 its lestobiotic habits. Mr. Long says: "There seems to be a 

 great number of termites in this vicinity, as 1 found the sexual 

 forms issuing in great numbers from many holes in my back yard, 

 just like the ants of the new genus which I sent you. Several 

 of these holes were very close to the spot \vhere the ants were 

 captured." During the coming year Mr. Long will endeavor to 

 obtain more definite data concerning the habits of the interesting 

 ant which he has brought to my notice. 

 AUSTIN, TEXAS, 



November 29, 1902. 



