1905-] Wheeler, The Ants of New Jersey. 403 



This, the largest and darkest form among the numerous American 

 varieties of this ant, appears to have definite associations with pine 

 trees. It is common at Lakehurst, nesting in the twigs and cones of 

 Pinus rigida. 



92. C. marginatus var. minutus Emery. — Great Notch (Viereck). 



I have taken it at HaHfax in the Ramapo Mountains and at Lake- 

 hurst, nesting in dead twigs of oaks and attending Aphides on the 

 leaves. 



93. C. marginatus subbarbatus Emery. — Westville (Schmitt) ; 

 Riverton (Daecke). 



In the collection of the American Museum there are specimens of 

 all four phases of this subspecies from each of these localities. I have 

 also taken colonies of it near Bronxville, New York, in the hollow 

 stems of elder bushes. 



