4!>4 BIOLOGICAL. SIKVKV OF 



FORMICIDAE. The Ants 

 Ponera Latreille 



I', coarctata pennsylvanica Buck. Bar Harbor; Tremoftt, 

 Aug. 29-Sept. 4 (Br.). 



Ceemastogasteb Lund 

 < !. lineolata (Say). Robinson Mt., Sept. 7. On sap from 

 gall-infested acorns of the scrub oak; Cadillac Cliffs and 

 Eden, Sept. 11 and 12. Males and females swarming Rob- 

 inson Mt., Aug. 24. See. 15, Oct. 4. 



Stenamma Westwood 

 S. brevicorne (Mayr.). This is a rare ant nesting under 

 stones in moss humus. A swarm of males were flying along 

 the edge of a plantation of Pinus banksiana on Dikes Peak 

 Oct. 2, '34 and specimens taken by (Br.). 



Myrmica Latreille 



M. bbevinodis Emery. Hodgdon Brook, Aug. 12; Station 



F181, Sept. 3. 

 M. sabuleti Americana Weber. Mt. Desert (McAfee). 

 M. scabrinodis vai'. fracticornis Emery. S. W. Harbor; 



Green Mt., Long- Pond, July 11-Aug. 22. 

 M. scabrinodis var. sabuleti Mein. "Mt. Desert," July 30 



(McAfee). 

 M. scabrinodis Nyl. var. detrinodis Emery. Station F173 



and on the Eden-Towu Hill road, Aug. 2-7. 

 M. scabrinodis schencki EMEiiYAXA Forel. S. W. Harbor ; 



Witch Hole Pond, Sept. 6-11 ; swarming on Robinson Mt., 



Sept. 2, '35. 

 M. sp. Section 26, Aug. 7. 

 M. sp. Section 15, sweeping, Sept. 6 . 



Leptothorax Mayr 



L. acervorum canadensis Prov. S. W. Harbor, July 11. 

 L. ctjrvispinosus ambiguus Emery. "Mt. Desert," July MO 

 (McAtee). 



