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SYNOPTIC LIST OF ANTS REPORT 



By MI 



KEY 



BII— Pedicel consisting of 1 segment. No 

 constriction between 1st and 2nd seg- 

 ments of gaster 



CI— Anal orifice slit-shaped unciliated 



Anal orifice inferior not apical. 



Anal orifice apical 



C-II— Anal orifice terminal, circular, sur- 



rounded by a fringe of hairs 

 al — Antennae 11-jointed 



bl_Antennal scapes reaching a little 



beyond posterior border of occiput.. 



b2— Antennal scapes reaching consider 



ably beyond posterior border of occi 



put 



a2— Antennae 12-jointed 



bl— Less than 4mm. in length 



cl— Scape of antennae extending be- 

 yond posterior edge of occiput by 

 more than half its length 



c2— Scape not so long. Extending be- 

 yond posterior edge of occiput by 

 less than half its length 



dl— Dark brown, 2.5 or more mm 

 in length 



d2 — Abdomen brown, head and 

 thorax brownish yellow 2.3 or 

 less mm. in length 



Family FORMICIDAE (Hetero,^ 



b2 — More than 6mm. in length, 



C(I and II) 



'DO LICHODERINAE Fok ^ 



TAPINOMA Forster 

 T. melanocephalum Fab. 



TECHNOMYYRMEX Mayr. u 



T. albi pes Smit h. 5!j 



"C A M P O nTTtTN a E Forelf 



(Tribe P L A G I O L E P I DIL 

 PLAGIOLEPIS" Mayr. 



P. exigua Forel 



P. mactavishi Wheeler 



(Tribe F R M I C 1 1) ^ f 



PRENOLEPIS Mayr. 



P. longicornis Latr. 



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P. bourbonica Forel 



P. sharpii Forel 



(Tribe CAMPONOTII) 



CAMPONOTUS Mayr. 



C. maculatus Fab. 



Note 1— Blackburn and Kirby report P. contracta (Ent. Mon. Mag., 

 1880, p. 88). Dr. Perkins believes this to be a misidentification tor 



P. kalaicauae or P. perkinsi. . . v, , ,» tu^ i«ipnH.5 



Note 2— Pogonomyrmex appears not to be present in the islands 



""^Note 3— There may be more than one Pheidole sp. here. 



Note 4— Dr. Perkins reports that a Cremastogaster sp., probably 

 from Japan, is established here. In Cremastogaster the apex of the 



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