﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

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  SOLENOPSIS 
  Westw. 
  

  

  S. 
  molesta 
  Say. 
  Boonton 
  (Vk) 
  ; 
  Short 
  Hills 
  VIII, 
  Ft. 
  Lee, 
  Newfoundland 
  

   (Wheeler); 
  Chester 
  IV, 
  1, 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VIII, 
  21 
  (Coll). 
  A 
  minute 
  

   species, 
  which 
  varies 
  greatly 
  in 
  habit, 
  and 
  which 
  may 
  yet 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  

   a 
  seriously 
  injurious 
  form. 
  It 
  is 
  sometimes 
  a 
  thief 
  ant 
  in 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  

   larger 
  species, 
  but 
  in 
  Illinois 
  has 
  developed 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  attack 
  

   sprouting 
  corn. 
  

  

  ^^^4yS^O 
  

  

  Fig. 
  269. 
  — 
  Solenopsis 
  xyloni; 
  a, 
  b, 
  worker 
  from 
  

   above 
  and 
  side; 
  c, 
  its 
  head; 
  d, 
  female; 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  270. 
  — 
  Cremastogaster 
  lineolata; 
  a, 
  b, 
  large 
  

   worker; 
  c. 
  its 
  head; 
  d, 
  female; 
  e, 
  its 
  wing; 
  f, 
  

   small 
  worker; 
  all 
  much 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  CREMASTOGASTER 
  Lund. 
  

  

  . 
  lineolata 
  Say. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  reported 
  by 
  all 
  col- 
  

   lectors. 
  Nest 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  places 
  from 
  under 
  bark 
  to 
  under 
  

   stones. 
  Makes 
  quite 
  a 
  practice 
  of 
  attending 
  plant 
  lice 
  and 
  scale 
  

   insects. 
  

  

  var. 
  lutescens 
  Emery. 
  Described 
  from 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  var. 
  cerasi 
  Fitch. 
  Anglesea, 
  Clementon, 
  Riverton 
  (Vk) 
  ; 
  Medford 
  

   (A 
  E 
  S) 
  

  

  var. 
  pilosa 
  Pergande. 
  Lakehurst 
  VII 
  (div). 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  form 
  

   in 
  the 
  pine 
  barrens. 
  

  

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