wheeler: ants of the genus formica. 



541 



Differing from the female of the typical neogagates only in having 

 short hairs, like those of the worker, on the anterior sm-faces of the 

 scapes. 



Male. Length 6-7.5 mm. 



Indistinguishable from the male of the typical neogagates. An- 

 tennal scapes without erect hairs. 



Type locality. — British Columbia: Yale, (Dieck). 



Ontario: Ottawa (Centr. Exper. Farms. Coll.). 



Nova Scotia: Digby (J. Russell). 



South Dakota: Hill City (Th. Pergande); Harding County (S. S. 

 Visher). 



Montana: Helena, Elkhorn (W. M. Mann). 



Colorado: Boulder (P. J. Schmitt, S. Rohwer); Minnehaha Falls, 

 Pike's Peak, 8,400 ft. (T. D. A. Cockerell) ; Woodland Park, 8,000 

 ft., Ute Pass, Manitou, Colorado Springs, Florissant, 8,100 ft. 

 (Wheeler). 



New Mexico: Beulah, 8,000 ft. (T. D. A. Cockerell); Gallinas 

 Canyon (Miss Mary Cooper); Cloudcroft (H. Skinner). 



Nevada: Pyramid Lake (W. M. Mann). 



Washington: Pullman (W. M. Mann); Olympia, Friday Harbor 

 (T. Kincaid). 



Idaho: Moscow Mt. (J. M. Aldrich). 



California: Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, 6,000-7,000 ft. 

 (J. C. Bradley); Pacific Grove (H. Heath, W\ M. Mann, Wheeler). 



Illinois: Rockford (Wheeler). 



Wisconsin: Milwaukee (C. E. Brown). 



Michigan: Porcupine Mts. (O. McCreary). 



Connecticut: Colebrook, Norfolk (Wheeler); Stafford (W. E. 

 Britton) . 



Massachusetts: Blue Hills (Wheeler); Wellesley (A. P. Morse); 

 Essex County (G. B. King); Woods Hole (Miss A. M. Fielde). 



Vermont: Lyndon (A. L. Melander). 



This variety, as the preceding list shows, has much the same distribu- 

 tion as the typical neogagates and is often found in the same localities. 

 It forms colonies of the same size and also nests under stones in open 

 places. 



122. F. (P.) limata, sp. nov. 



Worker. Length 3.5-5 mm. 



Closely related to F. (P.) neogagates. Head, excluding the mandi- 

 bles, longer than broad, narrower in front than behind, with convex 



