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flat posterior surface, cordate when seen from behind, broad above, 

 narrow below, its edge thin and sharp and narrowly excised in the 

 middle. 



Head and thorax opaque; gaster very feebly shining. 



Hairs yellow, somewhat less abundant than in the typical cinerea, 

 absent on the sides of the head and mesopleurae. Pubescence gray- 

 ish, dense, but more delicate than is the tyical form, especially on 

 the head and thorax, so that the surface is much more exposed. 



Light yellowish red; top of head or at least the ocellar triangle, 

 a large spot on the pronotum, the upper surface of the gaster and the 

 tips of the funiculi brown. 



Described from a dozen workers taken at Rockford, Illinois from a 

 single colony occupying a very low mound-nest not unlike those con- 

 structed by the var. neocinerea. This variety is extremely close to 

 the var. imitans, but differs from it in lacking the prominent erect 

 hairs on the sides of the head and thorax and in the slightly less abun- 

 dant hairs on other parts of the body. 



110. F. CINEREA cinerea var. lepida, var. nov. 



Worker. Length 3.5-6.5 mm. 



Very similar in the structure of the thorax and petiole to the typical 

 European cinerea, the epinotum being rather low and rounded, espe- 

 cially in smaller workers, and the petiole narrow and blunt. 



The sculpture and pilosity are also very similar to the European 

 type, the erect hairs being present on the sides of the head although 

 absent on the pleurae. Legs with small, erect, scattered hairs on their 

 extensor surfaces. The pubescence is dense and glistening white, 

 even more silvery than in the European form, most conspicuous on 

 the gaster though equally dense on the head and thorax. 



Color reddish yellow ; antennae darker, posterodorsal surface of head 

 blackish brown; gaster brown above, paler than the top of the head 

 and sometimes scarcely darker than the thorax, which may be very 

 feebly infuscated. 



Described from numerous specimens taken by Mr. J. C. Bradley 

 at Blue Lake, Humboldt County, California. Except in color, tliis 

 is the most closely related of all our North American varieties of 

 cinerea to the typical form. It also closely resembles the subspecies 

 pilicornis in general appearance and color, but may be readily distin- 

 guished by the absence of erect hairs on the antennal scapes and eyes 

 and the less abundant pilosity of other parts of the body. 



