wheeler: the ants of cuba. 481 



In addition to the Gundlach and other published records and those 

 taken from specimens collected by myself, I have included in this 

 paper a number of valuable records from specimens received from 

 Profs. C. F. Baker, and C. H. Eigenmann and Messrs. E. A. Schwarz, 

 Aug. Busck, F. Rose, E. Palmer and C. V. Riley, and Patricio Cardin. 



FORMICIDAE. 



PONERINAE. 



1. Platythyrea punctata (F. Smith). 



Pachycondyla punctata F. Smith, Cat. Hymen. Brit, mus., 1858, 

 6, p. 108 S d\ ' 



This species was taken by Gundlach at Baracoa, in the Province 

 Oriente. His collection contains a single worker (no. 318). 



2. Euponera (Trachymesopus) stigma (Fabricius). 



Formica stigma Fabr. Syst. Piez., 1804, p. 400 9 • 



Gundlach says that he took this species in various localities in the 

 western portion of the island. His collection contains two males, one 

 female, and a worker (no. 128) . I have taken the species in the Cienaga 

 de Zapata near Bolondron and along the Rio Hanabana under old logs. 



3. Euponera (Trachymesopus) succedanea (Roger). 



Ponera succedanea Roger, Berl. ent. zeitschr., 1863, 7, p. 170 

 8 9 <?. 



Gundlach gives Bayamo as the locality of this form. His collec- 

 tion contains a male, female, and worker specimen (no. 322). These, 

 so far as I was able to judge, are scarcely distinct from E. (T.) stigma. 

 Roger's description gives a number of differences, especially in the 

 shape of the petiole and frontal carinae, but the value of these char- 

 acters can be determined only by the examination of more material. 



4. Ponera ergatandria Forel. 

 Trans. Ent. soc. London, 1893, p. 365 8 9 cf. 



A single worker taken under a log on the banks of the Rio Hanabana 

 in the Cienaga de Zapata. 



