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ponotus silvaticus Dalla Torre Cat. Hym. 7 252 (1893) 4 . Camponotus sylvaticus 

 Vic. Hist. Durham 1 95 (1905) 5 . Camponotus maculatus silvaticus Emery 

 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1908 199 6 . 



Habitat : South of France 6 . 



This species is recorded as being taken alive in bananas at 

 Bishops Auckland 5 . 



Camponotus (Myrmothrix) abdominalis F. 



Formica abdominalis Fabricius Sys. Piez. 409 (1804) 1 . Camponotus 

 abdominalis Dalla Torre Cat. Hym. 7 219 (1893) 2 . Camponotus (Myrmothrix) 

 abdominalis Forel Rev. Suisse Zool. 22 268 (1914) 3 . 



Habitat : Central and South America. 



Frisby found winged females of this species in a bunch of bananas 

 at Gravesend ; and Britten gave me workers also taken amongst 

 bananas at Penrith, Cumberland, in 1906 (J. V. Smith.) 



Camponotus (Myrmothrix) abdominalis F. var. atriceps F. Smith. 



Formica atriceps F. Smith Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. 6 44 (1858) 1 . Camponotus 

 abdominalis Dalla Torre Cat. Hym. 7 219 (1893) 2 [in part]. Camponotus 

 abdominalis var. atriceps Donisthorpe Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1912 CII 3 . 



Habitat : South America. 



I captured a large worker of this variety in my flat on the evening 

 of September 6th, 1912, having been at Wey bridge during the day. 

 It is probable that it came from the hotel at Weybridge, as I was 

 told of the capture of other specimens there on my next visit 3 . 



Camponotus (Myrmothrix) abdominalis F. subsp. stercorarius For 



Camponotus atriceps race stercorarius Forel Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sc. Nat. 

 (2) 20 340 (1884) 1 . Camponotus stercorarius Dalla Torre Cat. Hym. 7 253 

 (1893) 2 . Camponotus abdominatis subsp. stercorarius Donisthorpe Bull. R. 

 Bot. Gard. Kew 12 369 (191 1) 3 . 



Habitat : Central America. 



A large worker was captured on a clump of imported Laelia 

 gouldiana in the Orchid House at Kew 3 ; Bedwell found another in 

 an orchid house at Potters' Bar ; and Hudd sent me a deflated 

 female, large, and small workers taken on bananas at Cardiff in 1910. 



Camponotus (Myrmamblys) novogranadensis Mayr. 



Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien 61 (1) 380 

 (1870) 1 ; Dalla Torre Cat. Hym. 7 245 (1893) 2 . Camponotus (Myrmamblys) 

 novogranadensis Forel Rev. Suisse Zool. 22 272 (1914) 3 . 



Habitat : Central America ; Columbia, Brazil. 

 Large and small workers were captured in orchids from Brazil, 

 at Kew Gardens in December, 1912. 



