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PSYCHE. 



[November, iqoi 



arcuate fiddle-bow of the male tegmina. 

 Though found by Mr. Morse at numer- 

 ous localities it was nowhere taken by 

 him with an)' of the others. 



Gryllus assimilis. 



Achcta assimilis Fabr., Syst. ent., 2S0 



(1775)- 



Gryllus {Ac/icfa) assi/nilis Goeze, Ent. 



beytr., ii, 87 (1778). 



Gryllus assimilis Oliv., Encycl. me'th., 

 vi, 634 (1791). 



Both long-winded and short-winged 



forms occur. It was taken by Mr. 

 Morse in California only, at Raymond, 

 Aug. 16, South Santa Monica, July 30, 

 and Palm Springs, July 13. 



It differs from the others at first glance 

 by its general testaceous coloring, and 

 differs also in the straight oblique cut 

 of the lower margin of the lateral lobes 

 of the pronotum and the greater length 

 of the upper inner calcar of the hind 

 tibiae. The only United States speci- 

 mens which I have seen are from Cali- 

 fornia. 



SOME NEW RECORDS OF THE NEW ENGLAND FORMICIDAE. 



BY GEO. B. KING, LAWRENCE, MASS. 



So little is known of the geographical 

 distribution, and in fact the existence of 

 our ants, even in a general way, that it 

 seems very important to record any in- 

 formation bearing upon any new localities 

 for the various known species. And any 

 fact treating upon their peculiar habits 

 is always interesting. Dr. George Dim- 

 mock collecting in Springfield, Mass., and 

 vicinity for Coleoptera larvae in a quiet 

 way as opportunity would permit, sent 

 me such ants as he found from time to 

 time. The following notes, therefore 

 for the most part, are the results of his 

 labors. Where no further locality is 

 given, Springfield should be understood. 



Camponotus laevigatus Em. 



" castaneus Latr. subsp. amcri- 



caiius Mayr. (Mt. Tom, Mass.). 



Campojiotus herculaneus L, 



Camponotus herculaneus L. var. pictus 

 For. (Mt. Tom, Mass.) . 



Camponotus herculaneus peiinsylvanii us 

 De Geer. 



Camponotus marginatus var. ncarcticus 

 Em. 



Formica sanguinea Latr. subsp. rul>i- 

 cunda Em. (Springfield and Holyoke, 

 Mass.). 



Formica rufa L. var. obscuripcs For. 

 (Mt. Tom, Mass.). 



Formica rufa subsp. Integra Nyl. 



" exsectoides For. (Mt. Tom, 

 Mass.). 



Formica pallide-fulva Latr. (Mt. Tom, 

 Mass.). 



Formica pallide-fulva , subsp. schaufus- 

 sii Mayr. (Mt. Tom, Mass.). 



Formica fusca L. var. subscricca Say. 

 (Mt. Tom and Springfield, Mass.). 



