﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  663 
  

  

  POLYERGUS 
  Latr. 
  

  

  rufescens 
  lucidus 
  Mayr. 
  Newfoundland 
  (Wheeler); 
  Camden 
  Co. 
  VI, 
  

   Clementon 
  (Fox); 
  Lakehurst 
  (Ds), 
  Vineland 
  (Treat). 
  A 
  slave- 
  

   maker, 
  unable 
  to 
  exist 
  without 
  workers 
  of 
  "F. 
  schaufussi," 
  which 
  it 
  

   kidnaps 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  stages 
  and 
  upon 
  which 
  devolve 
  all 
  the 
  labor 
  of 
  

   the 
  nest, 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  raising 
  of 
  the 
  young. 
  

  

  CAMPONOTUS 
  Mayr. 
  

  

  C. 
  castaneus 
  Latr. 
  Great 
  Notch 
  (Wheeler) 
  ; 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  

   (Bt); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  City 
  (Vk). 
  Nests 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  

   under 
  stones 
  or 
  logs, 
  or 
  in 
  obscure 
  mound 
  nests. 
  

  

  C. 
  castaneus 
  americanus 
  Mayr. 
  Halifax, 
  Short 
  Hills 
  VIII, 
  Newfoundland 
  

   (Wheeler); 
  Paterson 
  VI 
  (Coll); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Jamesburg, 
  

   Lakehurst 
  VIII 
  (div); 
  lona, 
  Brown's 
  Mills 
  Jn., 
  DaCosta, 
  Manumuskin 
  

   (Dke). 
  

  

  C. 
  herculeanus 
  pennsylvanicus 
  DeG. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  

   common 
  black 
  carpenter 
  ant 
  that 
  nests 
  in 
  old 
  logs, 
  stumps, 
  tree 
  

   trunks 
  and 
  even 
  in 
  fence 
  posts. 
  Sometimes 
  invades 
  houses 
  in 
  its 
  

   forays 
  and 
  is 
  extremely 
  persistent 
  and 
  hard 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of. 
  

  

  C. 
  herculeanus 
  pennsylvanicus 
  ferrugineus 
  Fab. 
  As 
  widely 
  distributed 
  

   as 
  the 
  preceding, 
  with 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  habits; 
  but 
  much 
  less 
  com- 
  

   mon. 
  

  

  C. 
  herculeanus 
  ligniperdus 
  Latr., 
  var. 
  novaeboracensis 
  Fitch. 
  Newfound- 
  

   land, 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  Jamesburg 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  C. 
  fallax 
  Nyl. 
  var. 
  nearcticus 
  Emery. 
  Boonton 
  (Vk) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  

   New 
  Brunswick 
  XI 
  (Coll); 
  Lakehurst 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (div). 
  Appears 
  to 
  be 
  

   definitely 
  associated 
  with 
  pine 
  trees, 
  and 
  at 
  Lakehurst 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  

   the 
  twigs 
  and 
  cones 
  of 
  "Pinus 
  rigida." 
  

  

  C. 
  fallax 
  Nyl. 
  var. 
  minutus 
  Emery. 
  Reported 
  from 
  all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  Dr. 
  Wheeler 
  records 
  it 
  at 
  Lakehurst 
  nesting 
  in 
  dead 
  twigs 
  of 
  

   oak 
  and 
  attending 
  aphids 
  on 
  the 
  leaves. 
  

  

  C. 
  fallax 
  subbarbatus 
  Emery, 
  Westville 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  (Dke); 
  Cum- 
  

   berland 
  Co. 
  Ill 
  (Coll). 
  Occurs 
  in 
  hollow 
  stems 
  of 
  dead 
  elder 
  bushes. 
  

  

  Super-family 
  VESPOIDEA. 
  

  

  Family 
  THYNNID^. 
  

  

  METHOCA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  M. 
  stygia 
  Say. 
  (bicolor 
  Say.) 
  Camden 
  Co. 
  VI, 
  VH, 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  VIII, 
  

   Cape 
  May 
  VI 
  (Fox) 
  ; 
  Lucaston 
  V, 
  DaCosta 
  VII 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  Clementon 
  

   VIII 
  (Vk). 
  

  

  