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Laviproiiotus iiiellipes Prov.? {^'inellipes Say"; Ashmead, det. ). 

 H.6, Je. 0. No other Illinois record known to me. 



AmhlyU'leH imhivagus (Jress. H.5, 6; .le. '.). (2) 111. 



Ichneumon suhoyaneus Cress. H.m., Au. 19. III. 



Formica fusca Linn. H.2, Au. 19. 111. 



Formica pallidef'idva schatifussl Mayr. H.2, Au. 18, 19. (5) 

 Very few ants' nests were seen in the blow-sand. 111. 



Laslus niger amerlcanus Linn. Mol., S. 8. Males and females 

 swarming from a large nest in the coarse grass on the slope of 

 the Sand Hill. 111. ^ 



Lnslus Intipes Walsh. Mol., S. 8. (2) Examples under boards at 

 edge of pasture on the Sand Hill, along with the pallid har- 

 paline beetles. Kock Island (Walsh) ; Muncie. 



Prenolcpis fulva Mayr? H.5, Au. 17. 1 7) Nesting in sand in a 

 thicket. 111. 



Camponotus lierculancux Linn. H.5, Au. 17. In same place as pre- 

 ceding species. 111. 



Myrmlca rubra, scabrin.odls scheiickl Emery. H.5, Au. 17. (3) 

 In thicket with the two ])receding species. 111. 



Pheidole vinelandica. Forel (Ashmead, det.). H.5. A sand-in- 

 habiting species. No other Illinois record. 



ji/onomoriiim mimitum Mayr (Ashmead, det.). H.2, Au. 18. 111. 



Spha'rop/it/ial.ma, n. sp. (Melander, det.). Mol., S. 8. (2) Belongs 

 to simillima group. 



Sphcerophthahna harmonla Fox (Melander, det.). H.2, 3; Au. 14, 

 18. (13) One of the commoner species of the Illinois valley 

 blow-sand areas. Sand-dunes in N. W. Ind. (Melander, '03) ; 

 Pine Hills, Union (Jo. (S. 111.), Au. 11. 



Spharophtlialma occidentaUs Linn. H.2, 3, Mer., Pekin; Au. 12, 

 13, 14,17, 29. (6) Occasional. The Mason (Jo. examples 

 are all a golden ochre color. The Meredosia specimen is of 

 the usual scarlet color of the species, as are also the State 

 Laboratory specimens, which are all from southern Illinois. 

 Mason (Jo. is near the northern limit of its range. 



Spliivroplillialiiui 'i-ijuttata vSay. H.2, 3, Mol.; Au. 12, 14, 18, 

 S. 8. (7) Savanna, Normal, and Metropolis; .luly 2»), 2(5, 

 Au. 18, September. 



Spha'rop/ithalma ferrwjala Fabr. (Melander, det.). H.l, 2, 3, 4, 

 5, Mol.; Au. 14, 17, 18, 20, 22, S. 8. (15) Another common 

 species of our sand regions. 



