XuMBKR 25. April 15, 1916. 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 



Ann Arbor, IMtciiir.Ax. Pui'.i.isiinD v.y the; University, 



THE FORAIICIDAE OF THE SHIRAS EXPEDITION 



TO WHITEFISII POINT, ^HCHIGAN, IN 1914. 



By Frederick jNI. Gaige. 



The collection of Formicidre upon wliich this report is 

 based was made by Air. N. A. W ood while he was engaged in 



ornithological studies as a member of the v^hiras Expedition 

 to ^^'hitefish Point, ^Michigan, in 1914. The report is pub- 

 lished now primaril}' that there may be connected and easily 

 available data on the faunistic collections made bv the expedi- 

 tion. At a later time the writer plans to publish a compre- 

 hensive list of the Formicida" of the state, based on the 

 accumulating collections in the ^Museum of Zoology. Since 

 190^1 no collections have been made of the ants of the northern 

 peninsula of the state, and as the present collections were 



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