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Emery), and the European meadow ant or pavement ant {Tetramorium 

 ccBspitum Linn.)- The three last mentioned species are also fre- 

 quenters of gardens and lawns (Fig. 238). 



House Ants {Monomorium pharaonis Linn.). — (Consult Circ. 34, 

 Farmers' Bull. 740, U. S. Dep. Ag.; Wheeler's ^w/5.) These are the 

 little red ants that have their nests in the wall, or beneath the flooring, 



Fig. 238.— The little black ant {Monomorium minimum): a, male; b, pupa; 

 c, female; d, same with wings; e, worker; /, larva; g, eggs; group of workers in line 

 of march below. All enlarged, the lettered illustrations all drawn to the same 

 scale. {After Marlatl, U. S. Dept. Agric.) 



and are nuisances about houses. The black ant {M. minutum) and 

 the pavement ant {Tetramorium ccespitum) are also occasionally found 

 in houses (Fig. 239). 



Adults. — Worker neuters, winged males and females, and wing- 

 less females constitute an ant colony. 



