554 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



135. F. (N.) PALLiDEFULVA scHAUFussi var. DOLOSA Wheeler. 



F. pallidefulva schaufussi var. meridionalis Wheeler, Bull. Amer. mus. nat. 



hist., 1904, 20, p. 370, ^ . 

 F. pallidefulva schaufussi var. dolosa, nom.nov. Wheeler, Psyche, 1912, 19, p. 90. 



Worker. Length 5-7 mm. 



Resembling the typical schaufussi in all respects except that the 

 gaster is scarcely darker than the remainder of the body and the 

 pubescence on the gaster is much longer and denser so that it appears 

 more opaque. 



Female. Length 9-10 mm. 



Differing from the female of the typical schaufussi in the same char- 

 acters as the worker and also in the coloration of the mesonotum, 

 which is immaculate and of the same brownish yellow tint as the 

 remainder of the body. 



Type locality. — Texas: Bull Creek (Wheeler). 



Texas: near Austin (Wheeler); Arhngton (W. E. Hinds); Edna 

 (J. D. Mitchell). 



Arkansas: McNeil (J. D. Mitchell). 



Louisiana: Gilliam (F. C. Bishop), Mansfield (W. E. Hinds). 



Missouri: Doniphan (P. J. Sclmiitt). 



North Carolina: (P. J. Sclunitt). 



Georgia: Atlanta, Gainesville, Black Rock Mountain, Rabun 

 County, 3,500 ft. (J. C. Bradley). 



Tliis is a distinctly southern variety of schaufussi, apparently con- 

 stant, to judge from the specimens I have seen. I have found it 

 nesting in obsure crater nests in grassy places in the dry canyons of 

 Central Texas. Its habits are essentially like those of the northern 

 schaufussi. 



136. F. (N.) pallidefulva schaufussi var. incerta Emery. 



F. pallidefulva schaufussi var. incerta Emery, Zool. jahrb. Syst., 1893, 7, p. 655, 

 S 9 d'; Wheeler, Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., 1904, 20, p. 370; Ibid., 

 1906, 22, p. 52; Ibid., 1907, 23, p. 37. 



Worker. Length 4.5-7 mm. 



This form differs from the typical schaufussi merely in the slightly 

 less abundant pilosity. The hairs on the gula and petiole are few, 

 and may be lacking on one of these regions but very rarely on both. 

 The pubescence is often somewhat shorter and sparser but there seems 



