658 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



PHEIDOLE Westw. 



P. pilifera Roger. Hunterdon Co. IV (Coll); Boonton (Vk) ; Palisades 

 (Ds) ; Great Notch, Lakehurst (Wheeler). Nests in sandy or gravelly 

 soil or under stones and is a true harvesting ant, although it also 

 feeds on insect food. 



P. morrisi Forel. Vineland (Morris); Lakehurst (Wheeler). Common in 

 the pine barrens, making its nest in the pure sand. 



P. vinelandica Forel. Vineland (Treat), Woodbury (Vk) ; Camden Co. 

 (U S N M). Not uncommon in the pine barrens, where the sand con- 

 tains an admixture of clay. 



P. davisi Wheeler. Lakehurst (Wheeler); Lucaston (Dke). Lives in the 

 pine barrens in pure white sand. 



STENAMMA Mayr. 



S. brevicorne Mayr. Riverton (Vk). Nests under stones and leaves in 

 rich, shady woods. 



S. piceum Emery. Short Hills VIII (Wheeler). 



Sub-genus APHyENOGASTER Mayr. 



S. (A.) treatae Forel. Newfoundland, Overbrook (Ds); Vineland (Treat) 

 Lakehurst (div). Nests in the sand in the shade of oaks and pines. 



S. (A.) lamellidens Mayr. Lakehurst (Wheeler). Nests much like the 



preceding. 



S. (A.) mariae Forel. Jamesburg (Wheeler). 

 S. (A.) fulvum Roger. Caldwell (Cr) ; Hunterdon Co. IV, 16, Prosper- 



town VI, 1 (Coll). In rotten wood in rather dense forests. 

 S. (A.) fulvum aqui (Buckley.) Emery. Hunterdon Co., Prospertown, 



Lakehurst (Coll); Jamesburg (Ds) ; Halifax (Wheeler); Westville 



(A E S) ; Anglesea, Clementon (Vk). Under stones in shady woods. 

 S. (A.) fulvum aqui var. piceum Emery. Palisades, Halifax (Wheeler); 



Newfoundland (Ds) ; Milltown IV 10 (Coll). Common in shady woods. 



Dr. Wheeler suggests that S. tennesseense Mayr. will also occur in 



New Jersey, as it is known from Pennsylvania and Connecticut. 



MYRMICA Latr. 



M. punctiventris Roger. Fort Lee (Wheeler); Plainfield, Manasquan 



(Ds) ; Riverton IV, 14 (Vk) ; Medford (A E S) ; Camden. Under 



stones in moist, shady woods. 

 M. punctiventris pinetorum Wheeler. Lakehurst (Wheeler et als.). Nests 



in pure sand. 

 M. rubra scabrinodis Nyl., var. sabuleti Meinert. Ft. Lee, Newfoundland 



(Wheeler); Arlington (Coll). Nests in sandy or sunny gravelly 



places. 



