1906.] Wheeler, The Ants of Japan. 3^5 



18. Stenamma (Aphaenogaster; famelicum F. Smith. 



Fschnomyrnicx famelicus F. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1874, p. 405, $ 



Aphcenogasler famelica Mayr, Verhandl. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, Jahrg. 1878, 

 pp. 669, 670, ^ 



Aphcenogaster famelica Forel, Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, X, 7, 1900, pp. 267, 

 268, 



AphcBfiogaster famelica Forel, Mitth. naturhist. Mus. Hamb., XVIII, 

 1901, p. 61. 



Of this species, originally described from Hiogo, I find no specimens 

 among my material. Forel records it from Hozu3^ama, Majori Tamba. 

 The species has been redescribed by Mayr who calls attention to its 

 close resemblance to the nearctic 5. (.4.) jiilvum Roger and the 

 palearctic striola Roger. 



19. Stenamma (Messor) aciculatum F. Smith. 



Aphcenogasler aciculata F. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1874, p. 405, $ 9 

 A phcenogaster aciculata Mayr, Verhandl. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, 1878, p. 670. 



According to Mayr, who examined one of Smith's type specimens, 

 this species is probably the same as AphcBnogaster obsidiana. See the 

 following variety. 



20. Stenamma (Messor) aciculatum F. Smith var. brunneicorne Forel. 



(Plate XLI, Fig. 14.) 



Forel, Mittheil. naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, XVIII, 1901, pp. 60, 61, 



Forel described this form, which he somewhat doubtfully referred 

 to Smith's yl. aciculata, from Hozuyama, Kuwadagori Tamba. Among 

 my material I find three workers taken from as many colonies at 

 Takakiyama near Kanagawa by Mr. Hans Sauter. They agree very 

 well with Forel's description, except that all the funicular joints are 

 longer than broad, a character which brings them closer to the well- 

 known S. (M.) barbarum. Forel notes the resemblance of the Japanese 

 form to 5. barbarum var. rngosum. It is not improbable that more 

 material may lead us to change the name of the form toS. (M.) bar- 

 barum var. aciculatum. 



2 1 . Myrmica rubra laevinodis Nylander. 



Forel (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., XLV, 1901, p. 371) mentions a female 

 of this subspecies from Sapporo, Yezo, as being "absolument 

 ty pique." 



