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FS YCHE. 



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Lasiiis niger L. var. americaiius Em. 

 (Mt. Tom and Springfield, Mass.). 



Lasins iii^er var. ncoiiigcr Em. (West 

 Springfield, Mass.). 



Lasins flavusyiz.-^x. (Mt. Tom, Mass.). 

 " claviger Rog. (Springfield and 

 West Springfield, Mass.). 



Prenolepis imparls Say. 



Tapinoma sessi/c Say (Springfield and 

 Mt. Tom, Mass.). 



Ponera coaii/afa, subsp. pcnitsylvanica 

 Buckl. (Mt. Tom, Mass.). 



Monomoruiii pliarapiiis L. (Springfield, 

 Mass.) Det. Dim mock. 



Pht'idolc pilifera Kog. var. (West 

 Springfield, Mass.). Taken by Mr. Fred 

 Knab. 



Aphacnogaster tcwiessccnsis Mayr. ( Mt. 

 Tom, Mass.). 



Aphaenogastcr fidva Rog. (Mt. Tom 

 and Springfield, Mass.). 



Tctramoriuin caespititm L. (Springfield, 

 Mass.) Det. Dimmock. 



Crcmastogastcr lincolata Say. (Spring- 

 field, West Springfield, Belchertown and 

 Mt. Tom, Mass.). 



The following species Dr. Dimmock 

 has found in Connecticut: — 



Formica paliiJe-fuh'a subsp. siiiaiifussii 

 Mayr. 



Formica fusca L. var. subscricca Say. 

 (Suffield, Conn.). 



Crcmastogastcr lincolata Say (Sufiield, 

 Conn.). 



Stigmatomma lumnlosiim Prov. (Suf- 

 field, Conn.) Seemingly a very rare spe- 

 cies, recorded from Canada. I think this 

 is the first record of its being found in 



the U. S. This species and S. pallifera 

 Hald. wliich we find in Mass. are the 

 only two species of the genus found in 

 North America. The genus contains 

 ten species. 



The other species previously recorded 

 from Conn, are Myrmica scabrata Buckl., 

 Formica am erica i/a Buckl., F. giia7'a 

 Buckl., F. sc//a/////ssii Mayr., F. subscricca 

 Say (Hartford), F.exsccfoidcs For. (Hart- 

 ford and Cromwell), /''. nihiciiiida Em. 

 (Cromwell) and Polycrgus luciJus 

 Mayr. 



I may also permit myself to record 

 some ants found by me in New Hamp- 

 shire, while on brief collecting trips. 

 The following were all found at Canobie 

 Lake, N. H.: Campoiiotus pennsylvani- 

 ciis, C. pieties, Formica exscctoidcs, F. subsc- 

 ricca, F. pallidc-fiilva, F. intcgra, F. riibi- 

 ciitida, Lasiiis amcricatius, L. iieoniger, 

 L. flaviis, L. claviger, Tapinoma sessile, 

 Stigtiiiitoinma pallipcs, Solcnopsis molcsta. 

 Aphacnogaster fitlva and Cremastogaster 

 lincolata. August of this year while on a 

 brief vacation at West Ossipee, N. H., 

 these species were observed. Near the 

 base of Mount Whittier were For/nica 

 subsericca, Aphacnogaster fuhca, Lasiiis 

 flams, and Solcnopsis molesta, the latter 

 living at one side of a nest with Aphae- 

 nogastcr fnh-a. Lasiiis americainis was 

 quite common in the grass fields and 

 along the road sides. Near the top of 

 Ossipee Mountain were a few small nests 

 of iMsiiis flavus and Formica subsericca. 

 I had however very little time for ob- 

 servation. 



