NORTON, 



Camponotus (F.) fulvaceus Norton (nov. sp.)- 



Worker major. Length, 0.30-32 in. Color ochre- 

 yellow. Scape black ; flagellum, 

 mandibles, a band near the apex 

 of each segment of abdomen, and 

 the legs below the apex of femora 

 piceous. Apex of antennae yel- 

 lowish. A carina down the nasus ; 

 ocelli wanting. Head subquad- 

 rate, slightly hollowed behind. 

 Thorax compressed behind, de- 

 clivity not abrupt ; node rounded, 

 moderate. Body covered with 

 long, scattered, pale hairs. The 

 head is somewhat wider than the 

 thorax. 



Worker minor. Length, O f 30 in. The head of this 

 form is nearly as large, but is slenderer, and is more 

 rounded behind the eyes. (Four major workers ; two mi- 

 nor workers.) 



Camponotus (P.) nitidus Norton (nov. sp.). 



Worker. Length, 0.25 in. Piceous black, slender, 

 polished, shining. Antennae ferruginous, each set in a 

 larger basin near to a very short inner carina or ridge ; 

 nasus not distinctly carinate, with a deep hollow on each 

 side at base of mandibles ; a slender impressed line down 

 the middle of face. Mandibles striate, rufous. Head 

 about one-third wider than thorax, not emargiriate behind. 

 Thorax compressed, declivity abrupt ; node rounded, flat 

 behind. Abdomen polished, margin of segments pale, 

 legs rufous. A few scattered hairs on the face, none on 

 the bod} 1 ". (Three workers.) 



In this and the next, the legs are not as long as in the 

 two previous species. 



Camponotus (F.) nacerdus Norton (nov. sp.). 



Worker. Length, 0.22. Dull black; the face below 

 the antennae rufous. The whole body slender, dull black, 



