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localities: Yamanaka, Suruga (1300, 1700 and 2000 ft.; "in rotten 

 wood and under oak bark"), Kanagawa ("pine woods, on heaths, and 

 along the edges of brooks") and Takakiyama. These specimens all 

 closely resemble the typical European niger, in size, coloration and 

 the hairiness of the legs and antennae. Forel had specimens from 

 Yezo and Osaka. 



$7,. Lasius niger Linn. var. alienus Forster. 

 Ern. Andre, Bull. Mus. d' Hist. Nat. Paris, 1903, p. 128, $ 9 

 A single worker of this variety was found among the material 

 collected by Mr. Hans Sauter at Kanagawa. 



34. Lasius niger brunneus Latreille. 

 Lasius brunneus FoRBh, Mitth. naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, XVHI, iqoi, p. 66. 

 Recorded by Forel from Yokohama. 



35. Lasius umbratus Nylander. 



Forel, Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, X, 7, 1900, p. 269 $ 

 Forel, Mittheil. naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, XVIII, 1901, p. 66. 

 A single winged female taken during July, 1901, by Mr. Hans Sauter 

 at Okayama. The species is also recorded from Osaka by Forel. 



36. Lasius flavus my ops Forel. 



A single worker taken by Mr. Hans Sauter at Kanagawa agrees 

 very closely with typical specirnens of this subspecies from Terni 



37. Lasius fuliginosus Latreille. 



F. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1874, p. 403. 



A number of workers and males collected by Mr. Hans Sauter at 

 Kanagawa (July 2, '05) "under the bark of an oak tree" are indis- 

 tinguishable from European specimens. 



38. Formica sanguinea Latreille. 

 Ern. Andre, Bull. Mus. d' Hist. Nat. Paris, 1903, p. 128, 9 

 Possibly the female of the following variety, which was described 

 from worker specimens only. 



39. Formica sanguinea Latreille var. fusciceps Emery. 

 Emery, Zool, Jahrb., Abth. f. Syst., VIII, 1894, p. 335, nota, ^ 

 Emery's description of this variety, based on three workers from 

 Yokohama, shows it to be closely related to the North American 

 F. sanguinea aserva Forel, which is also characterized by the dark color 

 of the head. 



