368 Dr. A. Forel, Formicides 
arrondi, sans pointe. Le pédicule est plus arrondi et descend 
devant en pente plus douce. Il n’a dessous qu’un petit tubercule 
ad peine apparent. . Téte grande, ronde; yeux situés trés en avant ; 
ocelles petits. 
Luisant; finement réticulé. Pilosité dressée, jaunitre, trés fine, 
courte, trés pointue, oblique sur les tibias et parfois ailleurs (pas- 
sant 4 la pubescence), assez abondante. D’un brun fonecé, presque 
noiratre ; pattes et antennes d’un brun jaunitre pale (l’ouvriére 
est de couleur jaune pile et presque aveugle). 
Les caractéres ci-dessus sont en méme temps ceux du 
genre, dont le 9 était encore inconnu (voir la figure). 
(40). Pretty common, five to fifty together, scattered 
in small passages, generally under sod in damp places. 
It would appear that the female does not differ in form 
from the worker, or else I have found only the latter in 
the nests, for I have been able to discover only one form, 
though I have searched carefully. These ants are very 
sluggish, crawling away slowly when the nest is un- 
covered, and taking little care to protect the larve which 
are found with them. j 
N.B.—There is perhaps more than one species in- 
cluded in this number, which I cannot discriminate with 
my lens. 
(40a). Fitz-Hugh Valley (leeward), 500 ft. Nov. 4th. 
Second growth. Under sod on a damp rock. 
(40 db). Near Palmyra Estate (leeward), 1000 ft. Nov. 
7th. Shady place, under sod on rocks (from two nests). 
(4c). Fitz-Hugh Valley (leeward), 500 ft. Nov. 4th. 
Under sod on damp rock. 
(40d). Richmond Estate (leeward), Oct. 31st. Valley 
near sea-level; open place, in soft rotten wood, generally 
half an inch from the surface. Three or four together 
in very small chambers, with a few eggs or larve. I 
could not discover if the chambers were connected. 
Ants try to conceal themselves in crevices when dis- 
turbed. 
(40¢). Fitz-Hugh Valley (leeward), 500 ft. Shady 
place near stream; under sod on a rock. The nest or 
passage was several inches long. The community, an 
unusually large one, contained perhaps fifty individuals. 
(407). From two nests. Valleys on the leeward side 
below 1000 ft. ; under sod on rocks. 
