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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Sub- 
  family 
  PonERIN^s;. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  segment 
  in 
  the 
  peduncle 
  between 
  thorax 
  and 
  abdo- 
  

   men, 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  is 
  constricted, 
  and 
  

   the 
  females 
  are 
  furnished 
  with 
  a 
  sting. 
  The 
  species 
  are 
  mostly 
  rare. 
  

  

  STIGMATOMMA 
  Roger. 
  

  

  S. 
  pallipes 
  Hald. 
  Chester 
  IX, 
  6 
  (Coll); 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  Jamesburg 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  

   Short 
  Hills, 
  Palisades, 
  Lakehurst 
  (Wheeler) 
  ; 
  Gloucester, 
  Westville 
  

   (Fox). 
  Occurs 
  rarely 
  in 
  rich 
  dark 
  woods 
  under 
  stones, 
  leaf-mould 
  or 
  

   rotten 
  logs. 
  

  

  SYSPHINCTA 
  Roger. 
  

  

  S. 
  pergandei 
  Roger. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Silvestri); 
  Short 
  Hills 
  VIII, 
  8 
  (Wheeler) 
  

   Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds). 
  Found 
  under 
  large 
  stones 
  in 
  damp 
  meadows. 
  

   Dr. 
  Wheeler 
  suggests 
  that 
  "melina" 
  Roger, 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   State. 
  

  

  PROCERATIUM 
  Roger. 
  

  

  P. 
  crassicorne 
  Emery. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  (A 
  B 
  S). 
  Live 
  in 
  

   rotten 
  wood 
  in 
  damp, 
  shady 
  forests. 
  "P. 
  silaceum" 
  Roger, 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  on 
  Long 
  Island, 
  will 
  undoubtedly 
  

   be 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  as 
  well. 
  , 
  

  

  PONERA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  P. 
  coarctata 
  pennsylvanica 
  Emery. 
  Recorded 
  from 
  all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  Occurs 
  in 
  small 
  colonies 
  under 
  stones, 
  mould 
  or 
  rotten 
  wood 
  

   in 
  open 
  woods. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Myrmecin.^. 
  

  

  MYRMECINA 
  Curtis. 
  

  

  IVI. 
  graminicola 
  americana 
  Emery. 
  Riverton 
  (Vk) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst, 
  Short 
  Hills 
  

   VIII, 
  Newfoundland 
  (Wheeler). 
  Usually 
  nests 
  in 
  rotten 
  wood 
  or 
  

   under 
  stones 
  in 
  damp, 
  shady 
  woods. 
  Rare 
  and 
  local. 
  

  

  MONOMORIUM 
  Mayr. 
  

  

  M. 
  pharaonis 
  Linn. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  small 
  red 
  ant 
  usually 
  

   found 
  in 
  houses 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  

   introduced 
  species 
  from 
  Europe, 
  which 
  has 
  

   spread 
  practically 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  M. 
  minutum 
  Mayr., 
  var 
  minimum 
  (Buckley) 
  Emery. 
  

   Newfoundland, 
  Lakehurst 
  (Wheeler) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  (Ds); 
  Milltown 
  V, 
  30, 
  Lakehurst 
  IX, 
  27 
  

   (Coll); 
  Westville, 
  Riverton 
  (Vk). 
  Common 
  in 
  

   Monomorium 
  pharaonis. 
  the 
  pine 
  barrens, 
  making 
  nests 
  in 
  the 
  sand; 
  a 
  

  

  Fig. 
  268. 
  minute 
  black 
  species. 
  

  

  