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have time or tools to dig deeply in nest for further observation, 

 but when at work, early in the morning, all of those outside had 

 abdomens. 



No. 22. Unable to find nest; they were quite numerous on 

 ground and quite active. 



No. 23. Solenopsis geminata Fab. Very small, slightly ele- 

 vated nests; ants traveling in columns. 



No. 24. Myrmica sp. Could not find nest. 



No. 25. Myrmecocystus semirufus Em. Nest hard to find, 

 only observed two, which were simply round holes in ground 

 with no evidences of excavations on outside; one hole was about 

 one-half inch in 'diameter and the other three-fourths inches. 

 The ants were extremely active, and, not being belligerent, were 

 extremely hard to capture. Habits not noted. 



No. 27. Cremastog aster brevispinose Mayr. var. Large colo- 

 nies; one nest observed under root of cottonwood tree; immense 

 numbers of ants traveling in columns in many directions, but 

 sluggish and slow in movements. 



No. 28. ]\lyrmecocystus mexicanus Slave (var.) Small, raised 

 nests; ants very active. Habits not observed. 



No. 29. Pogonomyrmex calif ornica Buckley. Habits and nests 

 exactly like No. 2, and appear to me to be the same, except, 

 possibly, a lighter color, and these were very willing to fight, and 

 No. 2 would not. 



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TYPES IN THE NEUMOEGEN COLLECTION.-I. 



WITH A FEW NOTES THEREON. 



By Dr. RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI. 



The death of Mr. Berthold Neumoegen having ended his life 

 work on his great collection, and the final disposition of it being 

 yet in doubt, I have conceived that it might be of interest to 

 entomologists, to prepare the following list of the "type speci- 

 mens" contained in his cabinets. Where a sexual sign, or signs, 

 appear after a name, it means that such specimens carry the 

 " type" label. Signs in parenthesis () indicate that such addi- 

 tional representatives of the species are in the collection, and the 

 absence of such signs means that there are no specimens except 

 the type, or types. 



I have also appended notes which seem interesting, a few of 



