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11. POGONOMYRMEX BADIUS Ltr. 

 Formica badia Ltr., Hist. Foiirm., p. 238. 



Myrmica californica Buckley, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., 1867, p. .336. 

 Pogonomyrmex badius Mayr, Verh. d. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch., 

 1870, p. 971. 

 One ? . San Fernando. 



12. Pogonomyrmex badius Ltr., var. estebanius 

 n. var. 



? . Length, about 9 mm. Color 3^ellowish-red, the 

 abdomen darker; the first segment with broad, black- 

 ish apical and lateral margins. Eyes black. General 

 scvilpture nearly identical with that of the typical form, 

 but slightly stronger on the declivity of the metanotum 

 and nodes. The first node is also somewhat larger, its 

 sides more parallel, and the apex of the hump not so 

 acute; while the stigma is black instead of being yellow. 



^ . Length, 6-7 mm. Color darker red than in the 

 typical form; the apical third, or more, of the abdomen 

 more or less blackish, and the nodes often brown; the 

 petiole is more slender and the first node longer and less 

 erect; the apex rounded or sometimes but slightly 

 pointed. 



Two ? ? and many ^ ^ . Calmalli Mines, San Es- 

 teban. 



A few specimens from Margarita Island and San Bor- 

 gia have the entire abdomen and the first node black, or 

 very dark brown, while the second node is generally 

 either brown or reddish and only occasionally black. 



13. Aph^nogaster Pergandei Mayr. 



Apha^nogaster Pergandei Mayr, Verh. d. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch., 

 1886, p. 448. 



Twenty 2 ^ . San Borgia and Calamujuet. 

 This species has been found as far north as San Ber- 

 nardino Co., Cal. 



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