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stance a colony of A[>haenogaster tennessecnsis occupied the 

 same log. Another large colony was located in a small, 

 punky pine log in the willows along the south beach. A large 

 number of winged females were noted here on September 26^ 

 but no males were seen. In this nest, too, old borer burrows 

 had been elaborated, but no borers were present. There were 

 quantities of pupae in the upper part of this nest and a few 

 larvae in the lower half of the log'. In no case did the nests 

 extend into the earth. 



The species was quite generally distributed on the island 

 but occurred in smaller numbers in the drier areas of beach 

 and forest. It is evidently a moisture and shade requiring" 

 form. The tent-building habit (See Wheeler, Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., Vol. 22, pp. 1-17 and plates 1-6) was nowhere seen, 

 and in only one instance was there any nest construction from 

 manufactured material. From September 20 to 26 nests were 

 opened that contained a greater or less number of aleate fe- 

 males, but no flights were observed nor were the emigrated 

 queens found widely distributed. No males were taken. The 

 species is rather common on the island. 



5. Stcuaiiima hreiicornc Mayr. — Pjut two specimens of 

 this species were secured on the island. Both were taken with 

 other ants among" the dead leaves on the ground in the low 

 hardwood forest. See Myrmica punctiventris and Aphaeno- 

 gasfcr aquia. 



6. Apliaenogastcr fnlva Roger subsp. aquia Buckley. — 

 The first record of this species was a carefully concealed nest 

 found on September 16 in the low hardwood forest near the 

 south end of the pond. The entrance was beneath the accumu- 

 lation of dead leaves on the forest floor, and the burrow, a 

 single passage, led from it almost straight down through the 

 damp black leaf mold to a small twig ten inches below the sur- 



