584 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Myrmecina Curtis. 



M. graminicola americana var. brevispinosa Emery. 



Rare; nesting in small colonies under stones in shady woods. 

 Males and winged females appear during August. It is a timid 

 species which " feigns death " when rudely handled. 



Colebrook (W. M. W.). 



Monomorium Mayr. 



M. minimum (Buckley) Emery. 



This very small jet-black ant nests in small crater nests in 

 sandy or gravelly places. The workers move in files, visiting 

 plants in search of honey-dew and the secretion of the extrafloral 

 nectaries. The species seems to be absent from the hilly portions 

 of the State. 



New Haven, North Haven (H. L. V.). 



°M. pharaonsis Linnaeus. 



This little " red " or " yellow house ant," though not recorded 

 from Connecticut, can hardly be absent from the seaport towns, 

 as it is common on ships and has been carried to all parts of the 

 world from its original home in the warmer regions of the Old 

 World. 



Solenopsis Westwood. 



S. molesta Say. 



A species with minute yellow workers and much larger brown 

 females and blackish males. It is common in open grassy places, 

 where it may live either in independent formicaries under stones, 

 or as a thief ant in the walls separating the galleres of the formi- 

 caries of larger ants belonging to the genera Formica, Myrmica, 

 Aphanogaster, etc. The males and winged females appear late 

 in August. 



New Haven (E. B. Whitttlesey) ; North Haven (H. L. V.) ; 

 Colebrook (W. M. W.). 



Pheidole Westwood. 



P. pilifera Roger. 



This ant undoubtedly occurs in sandy regions in the southern 

 portion of the State, as it is common on Long Island (Cold Spring 

 Harbor) and has been found in Massachusetts. It is a true har- 

 vesting ant, storing the chambers of its nest with seeds of grass 



