THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 663 



POLYERGUS Latr. 



P. rufescens lucidus Mayr. Newfoundland (Wheeler); Camden Co. VI, 

 Clementon (Fox); Lakehurst (Ds), Vineland (Treat). A slave- 

 maker, unable to exist without workers of "F. schaufussi," which it 

 kidnaps in the early stages and upon which devolve all the labor of 

 the nest, even to the raising of the young. 



CAMPONOTUS Mayr. 



C. castaneus Latr. Great Notch (Wheeler); Caldwell (Cr) ; Ft. Lee 

 (Bt); Staten Island (Ds) ; Sea Isle City (Vk). Nests in the ground 

 under stones or logs, or in obscure mound nests. 



C. castaneus americanus Mayr. Halifax, Short Hills VIII, Newfoundland 

 (Wheeler) ; Paterson VI (Coll) ; Staten Island (Ds) ; Jamesburg, 

 Lakehurst VIII (div) ; lona, Brown's Mills Jn., DaCosta, Manumuskin 

 (Dke). 



C. herculeanus pennsylvanicus DeG. Throughout the State. This is the 

 common black carpenter ant that nests in old logs, stumps, tree 

 trunks and even in fence posts. Sometimes invades houses in its 

 forays and is extremely persistent and hard to get rid of. 



C. herculeanus pennsylvanicus ferrugineus Fab. As widely distributed 

 as the preceding, with much the same habits; but much less com- 

 mon. 



C. herculeanus ligniperdus Latr., var. novaeboracensis Fitch. Newfound- 

 land, Staten Island; Jamesburg (Ds) ; New Brunswick (Coll). 



C. fallax Nyl. var. nearcticus Emery. Boonton (Vk) ; Staten Island (Ds) ; 

 New Brunswick XI (Coll); Lakehurst VIII, IX (div). Appears to be 

 definitely associated with pine trees, and at Lakehurst is common in 

 the twigs and cones of "Pinus rigida." 



C. fallax Nyl. var. minutus Emery. Reported from all sections of the 

 State. Dr. Wheeler records it at Lakehurst nesting in dead twigs of 

 oak and attending aphids on the leaves. 



C. fallax subbarbatus Emery. Westville (Sm); Riverton (Dke); Cum- 

 berland Co. Ill (Coll). Occurs in hollow stems of dead elder bushes 



Super-family VESPOIDEA. 

 Family THYNNID^E. 



METHOCA Latr. 



M. stygia Say. (bicolor Say.) Camden Co. VI, VII, Ocean Co. VIII, 

 Cape May VI (Fox); Lucaston V, DaCosta VII (Dke); Clementon 

 VIII (Vk). 



