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6. Mcssor barbanis Linne sviljsp. strudor Latr. var. oricnialis Emery. 



y . — Rashe\'a, Animik, and Baruk, Syria; Ain Gleidat and Wady 

 Hisa/ Palestine. 



7. Mcssor harharus Linne subsp. semirufus Ern. Andre. ^ . — 

 t ' Ammik, Hasbeiya, Zahleh, and Baniyas, Syria; Wady Hisa, 

 ^ Palestine. One of the commonest ants in Syria, in crater nests. 



8. Mcssor harharus Linne subsp. semirufus Ern. Andre var. concolor 

 Emery. ^ . — Shiba, Syria; Fuweila, Arabia; Wady Feran, 

 Sinai Peninsula; Wady Hisa, Palestine. 



9. Messor harharus Linne subsp. mcridionalis Ern. Andre. ^ . — 

 Petra and Wady Mojeb, Palestine; Shiba and Wady El Katana, 

 Syria. 



10. Messor harharus Linne subsp. acgyptiacus Emery. ^ 9 cf • — 

 W'ady Feran, Wady Gazelle and Mt. Sinai, Sinai Peninsula; 

 Cairo (Mann) and Fayum (Wm. Granger), Egypt. 



1 1 . Phcidolc paUidula Nyl. Ql y . — Petra and Wady Kerak, Palestine ; 

 Ammik, Syria; Wady Feran and Wady Gazelle, Sinai Peninsula. 



12. Phcidolc incgacephala Fabr. 2i y . — Baruk, Syria. 



13. Phcidolc sinaitica Mayr. % y . — Cairo, Egypt. 



14. Crematogastcr scutcllaris Oliv. subsp. schmitti Mayr var. ionia 

 Forel. y . — Rasheya, Syria; Petra, Palestine. We refer these 

 specimens to Forel's variety on account of the distinct infuscation 

 of the head and thorax. 



15. Crematogaster auherti Emery subsp. jehovae Forel. ^ . — W^ady 

 Kerak and Ain Gleidat, Palestine; Shiba, Syria. 



16. Crematogastcr auherti Emery subsp. antaris Emery. ^ . — Mt. 

 Sinai, Sinai Peninsula; Fuweila, Arabia. 



17. Crematogastcr incrmis Mayr. y. — - Mt. Sinai, Wady Gazelle, 

 and W'ady Feran, Sinai Peninsula; Wady Mojeb, Palestine. 

 This is the commonest species of the genus in the Sinaitic Penin- 

 sula. 



IS. Crematogaster lortcti Forel. y .— Ain Gleidat, Palestine. Many 

 colonies, nesting under stones in moist localities. 



19. Monomorium vcnustum F. Smith subsp. niloticum Emery, y . — 

 Wady Gazelle, Sinai Peninsula. 



20. Monomorium solomonis Linne. y . — Fuweila, Arabia; Wady 

 Gharandel, Sinai Peninsula; Wady Mojeb, Palestine. 



21. Monomorium solomonis Linne subsp. suhopacum F. Smith var. 

 Phoenicia ^jinery. y 9 cf. — Akaba, Arabia; Petra, Palestine. 



22. Monomorium hicolor Emery subsp. nitidiventre Emery, y 9 . — 

 Cairo, Egypt. 



