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31. Tetramormm caespitum -Linne subsp. punicum F. Smith var. 

 lucidulum 'Emery. ^. — Petra, Palestine; Ammik and Baniyas, 

 Syria; Mt. Sinai, Sinai Peninsula. The colonies at Petra were 

 very populous and were nesting under stones. 



32. Tetramorium caespitum Linne subsp. judas, subsp. nov. 



Worker. Length 2.3-3.5 mm. 



Allied to the subspecies semilaeve Ern. Andre but the whole body, 

 except the mandibles and clypeus, shining and the sculpture very 

 feeble. Head much as in semilaeve, with the sides, posterior corners 

 and a streak between the front and the posterior corners smooth and 

 shining, the rugae on the front delicate and numerous, continued 

 nearly or quite to the occiput. Pro- and mesonotum smooth and 

 shining, with only traces of rugae at the sides, epinotum subopaque 

 and rugose; pleurae more or less rugose as are also the sides of the 

 petiole and postpetiole, the summits of the nodes of the latter shining, 

 nearly smooth, or merely indistinctly punctate-rugulose. Gaster 

 smooth and shining throughout. Color dark brown; mandibles, cly- 

 peus, cheeks, antennae, and legs testaceous. 



Nine specimens from Wady Mojeb, Palestine. 



This form seems to be near the var. splendens Ruzsky of the subsp. 

 semilaeve, but we infer that the thorax is more strongly sculptured 

 than the head in this form. 



33. Bothriomyrmex meridionalis Roger var. syria Forel. ^ . — Ain 

 Gleidat, Palestine; Rasheya and Wady El Katana, Syria; Wady 

 Gazelle, Sinai Peninsula. 



34. Tapinoma erraticum Latr. ^. — Petra, Palestine; Baruk, 

 Syria. 



35. Tapinoma erraticum Latr. subsp. nigerrimum Nyl. y . — Petra, 

 Palestine; Fuweila, Arabia. 



37. Acantholepis frauenfeldi Mayr. ^ 9 . — Wady Hisa, Palestine. 



38. Acantholepis frauenfeldi M.a,yT Ya.r. bipartita F. Smith. ^ 9. — 

 Rasheya and Wady El Katana, Syria. 



39. Acantholepis carbonaria Emery. ^ . — Wady Gazelle, Sinai 

 Peninsula. 



40. Acantholepis capensis Mayr var. canescens Emery. ^ . — Two 

 workers from Fuweila, Arabia agree very closely with a single 

 specimen of this ant from Erythraea in the senior author's col- 

 lection. This variety is also recorded from Kaka on the White 

 Nile and from Bogosland and Somaliland. 



