36 CAI.IFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 



The varieties of this species are ahnost as numerous 

 as its synonyms. V^ery common in the West Indies, 

 Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, California, Mexico, 

 Central and South America. 



16. Cremastogaster lineolata Say. 



Myrmica lineolata Say., Boston Jour. Nat. Hist., i, 1837, p. 290. 

 Cremastogaster liiieolata May r, Verb. d. k.k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch., 



1866, p. 901. 

 Myrmica novaboracensis Buckley, Proc. Eut. Soc. Phila., 1866, p. 



337. 

 Myrmica ( Monomorium) marylandica Buckley, ibid., p. 339. 

 Myrmica (Monomorium) columbiana Biackley, ibid., p. 340. 

 CEcodoma (Atta) arborea Buckley, ibid., p. .349. 

 Cremastogaster coarciata Mayr, Neue Formiciden, 1870, p. 992. 

 Cremastogaster lineolata McCook, Cotton Ins., 1879, p. 187. 

 Cre^nastogaster lineolata Mayr, Verb. d. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellscb., 

 1886, p. 462. 

 Five 2 2 . San Jorge, San Jose de Gracias, San 

 Ignacio. 



This species is represented in North America by 

 numerous forms, some of which, after careful study of 

 long series of colonies from different parts of the country, 

 may at least be entitled to variety names. 



