No. 7. — Chinese Ants. 



By William Morton Wheeler. 



Contributions from the Extoiiological Laboratory of the Busset 

 Institution, H.arv.ard Uni-\t:rsity, No. 151. 



Within the past months I have received several small collections 

 of Chinese ants. Some of them were made in Soochow, ]Mokanshan, 

 and other localities by Prof. N. Gist Gee, one was made in Hong-kong 

 bv ]Mr. Terrv and contributed bv Dr. F. X. Williams, of Honolulu, 

 one in various localities in southern China by 'Mr. F. Muir, and one in 

 Canton by Prof. C. W. Howard. Although several species of Formi- 

 cidae have been recorded from China, their distribution is so imper- 

 fectly known that it seems ad\-isable to publish a list of my specimens, 

 especially as everything pertaining to the famia and flora of eastern 

 Asia is of interest in connection with recent discussions of the problems 

 of geographical distribution. IMost of the ants received from Professor 

 Gee, including several singular new species and some heretofore 

 known only from Japan, belong, of course, to the Palaearctic fauna, 

 whereas those from southern China are mostly identical with well- 

 known species from India, Burma, and Siam and therefore belong to 

 the Indomalayan fauna. 



Formicidae : Ponerinae. 



1. Stictoponera men-ADENSIS Mayr subsp. bicolor Emery. 



A single worker from Hong-kong (Terry). Known from India, 

 Burma, Tenasserim, the Malay Peninsula, and China. 



2. Diacamma rugosum (Le Guillou) subsp. geometricum (F. Smith) 



var. anceps Emery. 



Three workers and an imperfect male from Hong-kong (Terry), 

 the type-locality. 



3. BOTHROPONERA RUFIPES (Jcrdou). 



Two workers from Hong-kong (Terry). A well-known form from 

 the Himalayas (up to 4,000 ft.), India, Ceylon, Burma, and Tenas- 

 serim. 



