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same time. Althougli he was under the impression that tliesc black workers 
might be slaves of the iiiific.va, he was not sure that they actually formed part 
of a mixed colony. It is evident, however, that these species which both 
happen to be members of our boreal fauna, must have been nesting very near 
each other. 
5. Campoiiotus hcrculcamts li^^nipcnius Latreillc var. ruhens var. nov. 
Female. Differing from the female of the var. novacboracensis Fitch 
( pictns Forel) in having all the gastric segments dee]) red excejjt their 
posterior margins, which are black. 
Male. Indistinguishable from the male of novacboracensis. Worker 
forms unknown. 
Described from the following specimens from the collection of the Museum 
of Com])arative Zoology: Two females from Xorway, Maine (S. J. Smith); 
one female and one male from Ilethel, Maiaie {.\. M. Edwards); and four 
females collected in Alichigan by Dr. Clark in 1864. 
