66o REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



DOLICHODERUS Lund. 



D. manias Forel. Milltown V, 30 (Coll); Lakehurst VIII (div); Clemen- 

 ton V, 22 (Vk) ; Vineland (Treat) ; Manumuskin, Bamber, Brown's 

 Mills Jn. (Dke). Nests in large colonies in pure white sand around 

 the roots of grass and turkey-beard. Attends plant-lice and mealy- 

 bugs on surrounding plants. 



D. mariae davisi Wheeler. Sayreville (Ds) ; Jamesburg VII (div) ; Ocean 

 Co. V (Coll). 



D. taschenbergi Mayr. var. gagates Wheeler. Jamesburg (Ds) ; Lake- 

 hurst (div); Clementon VI, 2 (Vk) ; lona, Brown's Mills Jn. (Dke). 

 Nests with "marise." 



D. plagiatus Mayr. Jamesburg (Ds) ; Riverton (Vk) ; lona (Dke). Simi- 

 lar in habits to "marise," but its colonies are very small. 



D. plagiatus var. inornatus Wheeler. Lakehurst (Wheeler). 



D. plagiatus pustulatus Mayr. Lakehurst (Wheeler). 



D. plagiatus pustulatus var. beutenmulleri Wheeler. Lakehurst VII, 

 VIII (div). 



TAPINOMA Forst. 



T. sessile Say. Throughout the State, common. Nests under stones, dead 



leaves, logs, etc. 

 T. pruinosum Roger. Milltown (Coll); Halifax, Lakehurst (Wheeler); 



Atco (Vk). A much smaller species, probably more widely distributed 



than above records show. 



DORYMYRMEX Mayr. 



D. pyramicus Roger. Lakehurst (Wheeler) and probably throughout the 

 pine barren region. Nests in white sand. 



Sub-family CAMPONOTINJE. 



Contains the most common of our species. There is only one segment 

 in the peduncle between thorax and abdomen, there are no constrictions 

 between the abdominal segments, and the females have no sting. 



BRACHYMYRMEX Mayr. 



B. heeri depilis Emery. Great Notch, Newfoundland, Short Hills VIII, 

 Ft. Lee (Wheeler). Nests under stones in shady woods and attends 

 root coccids. 



PRENOLEPIS Mayr. 



P. parvula Mayr. Arlington (Coll); Short Hills VIII, Halifax (Wheeler) 

 Camden, Atco, Clementon (Vk) ; Lakehurst (div) ; Brown's Mills Jn. 

 (Dke). Under stones in gravelly and sunny places. 



P. arenivaga Wheeler. Lakehurst IX, 25 (Wheeler). 



