318 Margaret Holliday, 



themselves are long- and slender, containing- from six to twelve eggs, 

 separated by Clusters of nurse cells and siirrounded by follicles, in 

 tlie usual nianner (Fig. M). 



Dissection of adult workers failed to sliow any ovaries, but as 

 tlie workers of these species are yery small it was tliought that 

 they possibly were overlooked. Sections of advanced pupae failed to 

 show any trace of them, however. If present they are very rndimen- 

 tary indeed. and perhaps for tliat reason make tlieir appearance late. 



Cfunp. {Colohopsis) abditus Forel rar. efioJatus Wheeler. 



The Cawpoiiofus ciiolatns are found in the Cynipid galls on the 

 live oak. The qneen is A-ery seldom found; in nearly every nest 

 examined larvae and eggs are present, however. The worker form 

 is represented by soldiers, or large headed workers, and by small 

 workers. It was thought that here as in the Pachycondyla harpax, 

 the large workers could function as queens, but the ovaries are not 

 well developed and have only one tubule to a side. The qneen 

 dissected had six tubules on one side and seven on the other, with 

 from six to eight eg-gs in each tubule. 



In the soldier there was only one tubule to a side, as was stated, 

 and usually there was only one eg-g- to a tubule; sometimes, however. 

 there wei-e two. No receptaculum was present in the ovaries of 

 the soldier. 



The same number of tubules occur in the small worker, that is, 

 one on each side; but thej^ are in a more developed State, there 

 being- usually two. sometimes even three eggs to a tubule. 



The first few specimens dissected ])0ssessed a bilobed organ, 

 which looked, as far as its position was concerned, as if it were the 

 receptaculum seminis; this was doubtful, however, on account 

 of its large size. it being much larger than the ovary. However, an 

 examination of thirty specimens showed it to be the accessoiy gland 

 on the anal gland, very similar to that described by Forel in con- 

 nection with the anal gland in Formica rnpharbis worker. It is 

 situated between the anal gland and the ovary and is joined to the 

 former near its base; the vagina ends anteriorly to its opening. 



The soldiers as far as could be determined on alcoholic specimens, 

 did not possess this gland. 



