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41. Plagiolepis pygmaea Latr. ^ 9 . — Ain Gleidat and Petra, 

 Palestine; Ammik, Syria; Wady Feran, Sinai Peninsula. 



42. Prenolepis {Nylanderia) jacgerskjoeldi Mayr. y . — Cairo, 

 Egypt; Wady Kerak, Palestine. 



43. Formica rufibarhis Fabr. var. clarorufibarbis Ruzsky. ^ . — 

 Baruk, Syria. The specimens have the base of the gaster red 

 as in the var. clara Forel, but the top of the head is infuscated as 

 in the typical rufibarhis. 



44. Cataglyphis bombycina Roger. "^ g . — Lake Fayum, Egypt 

 (Wm. Granger). 



45. Cat(iglyphis bombycina Roger var. sinaitica, var. nov. 



Soldier and Worker. Differing from the typical form in the much 

 darker coloration, the occiput, thorax, petiole, gaster, and femora 

 being deep castaneous brown or even blackish, the knees, tibiae, head, 

 antennal scapes, and first funicular joint and in some specimens also 

 the thoracic dorsum, paler brown; the mandibles in the worker 

 yellowish red. Antennal funiculi beyond the first joint and the teeth 

 of the mandibles black. The hairs on the tibiae are distinctly longer 

 than in the typical form and the silver pubescence, especially on the 

 gaster, is even denser. 



A single soldier and numerous workers from Wady Gazelle, Sinai 

 Peninsula. 



46. Cataglyphis albicans Roger subsp. livida Ern. Andre. S 9 . — 

 Petra, Palestine; Wady Gharandel, Sinai. 



47. Cataglyphis viatica Fabr. subsp. bicolor Ern. Andre. ^ . — Baruk 

 and Ammik, Syria; Wady Mojeb, Palestine. 



48. Cataglyphis viatica Fabr. subsp. bicolor Ern. Andre var. nigra 

 Ern. Andre, y .— Cairo, Egypt; Lake Fayum, Egypt (Wm. 

 Granger)., 



49. Cataglyphis viatica Fabr. subsp. bicolor Emery var. orientalis 

 Forel. y .— Wady Mojeb and Wady Hisa, Palestine; El Katana, 

 Syria; Wady Feran and Wady Gharandel, Sinai Peninsula. 



50. Cataglyphis cursor Fonsc. subsp. aenescens Nyl. S . — Shiba, 

 Syria. 



51. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) macidatus Fabr. subsp. thoracicus 

 Fabr. var. oasium Forel. y. — Ammik, Syria; Wady Feran, 

 Sinai Peninsula. 



52. Camponotus {Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr. subsp. thoracicus 

 Fabr. var. cypriacus Forel. ^ 9 . — Wady Gharandel, Sinai 

 Peninsula. 



