wheeler: ants collected in Grenada, w. i. 169 



Myrmieinae. 



7. Monomorium floricola Jerdon. — A few workers from Sauteurs. 



8. Cremastogaster brevispinosa Mayr. — Numerous workers from 

 Grand Etang. 



9. Cremastogaster brevispinosa Mayr var. minutior Forel. — A few 

 workers from Richmond Hill. 



10. Cremastogaster laevis Mayr var. bruesi, var. nov. — Several 

 workers from Grand Etang agree closely with Mayr's description 

 and three Brazilian workers received from Forel, except that the hairs 

 on the tibiae are short and appressed, the gaster is black and joints 

 2-8 of the antennal funiculi are longer in proportion to their width. 

 A deflated female accompanying the workers measures 4 mm., is 

 black, with the legs, antennae, mandibles and articulations of the 

 thorax and gaster brown and the antennal clubs more deeply infus- 

 cated. The surface of the body is smooth and shining, with scattered 

 piligerous punctures. The epinotal spines are reduced to short, acute 

 teeth. 



11. Solenopsis geminata Fabr. — A few workers from Richmond 

 Hill. 



12. Pheidole fiavens Roger subsp. scidptior Forel var. grenadensis 

 Forel. — A few soldiers and workers from Richmond Hill. 



13. Pheidole guilelmi-muelleri Forel subsp. antillana Forel var. 

 nigrescens Forel. — A soldier, a winged female and several workers 

 from Grand Etang. 



14. Pheidole jelskii Mayr var. antillensis Forel. — Several workers 

 from Grand Etang and Sauteurs. 



15. Pheidole triconstricta Forel var. bruesi, var. nov. 

 Soldier. Length 2.5 mm. 



Differing from the typical form in its smaller size, in color and in the 

 length of the antennae. The scapes reach to fully f the distance 

 between the eyes and the posterior corners of the head. The body 

 and appendages are yellow, the thorax and tip of gaster sometimes 

 slightly brownish ; the borders of the mandibles are black, the anterior 

 border of the clypeus dark brown. 



Worker. Length 1.6-2 mm. 



Colored like the soldier. The antennal scapes surpass the posterior 

 corners of the head by fully § their length. 



Described from three soldiers and several workers taken at Grand 

 Etang. 



