March, 1914.] WhEELER: AnTS FROM HiDALGO, MeXICO. 37 



present check lists, but is related to scrpiolus Bdvl. of which I think 

 it may be a variety. " 



28. Lycccna erymus is given in the check lists incorrectlv as a 

 synonym of icarioides Bdvl. 



29. Lycccna polypliemus is a synonym of mcrtila Edwards 1866 as 

 before mentioned. 



30. Lycccna evius does not fit very happily as a variety of pheres 

 Bdvl. as now listed. Its relationship I have not tried to work out. 



31. Lycccna nestos is a synonym of podarcc Felder 1865. 



32. Lycccna pliilcros is a good species. 



• 33. Lycccna rlicca is the insect until now generally called sagittigera 

 Felder. It is a synonym of piasus Bdvl. 1852, as I remarked before. 



34. Lycccna siiasa is a synonym of fuliginosa Edwards 1861. 



I have tried in working out the identity of the Boisduval material 

 to confine myself to the statement of the facts. I have made my 

 identifications from liberal series in most cases and have made my 

 comparisons in daylight, having the assistance of Mr. F. E. Watson in 

 checking comparisons. I am sure any one else with a liberal supply of 

 material at command would reach like results. Mr. Oberthiir has cer- 

 tainly rendered a very great service to American students and to those 

 in charge of our public collections by figuring the types of Jean 

 Alphonse Boisduval. 



ANTS COLLECTED BY W. M. MANN IN THE STATE 

 OF HIDALGO, MEXICO.^ 



By William Morton Wheeler, 



Boston, Mass. 



During the spring and summer of 1913, Mr. M. W. Mann, of the 

 Bussey Institution, was able, through the kindness of Mr. B. Preston 

 Clark, to make an extensive collection of insects in the state of 

 Hidalgo, Mexico. Considerable attention was devoted to the ants 

 and myrmecophiles, as no one seems to have collected these in 

 Hidalgo, though this state is at no great distance from the Mexican 

 capitol. At any rate, I fail to find a single ant cited from Hidalgo in 



1 Contributions from the Entomological Laboratory of the Biissey Institu- 

 tion, Harvard University, No. 74. 



