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STATE BOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Family XLV MYRMICIDiE. 



The species have the peduncle between thorax and abdomen two-jointed. 

 The females and workers have a sting, but in most of our species it is small and 

 rarely used. 



CREMASTOGASTER Lund. 



C. laeviuscula Mayr. Virginia to Florida. 



C. lineolata Say. Caldwell (Cr), Atlantic Co., VI, 29 (Bt); a common species 



throughout the State. 



var. lutescens Em. New Jersey (Ashm). 



var. cerasi Fitch. New Jersey (Ashm). 



var. pilosa Perg. New Jersey (Ashm). 



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Fig 256. — Cremastogaster lineolata; a,b, large worker; 

 c, its head ; d, female ; e, its wing ; f t small worker . 

 all much enlarged. 



Kig. 257. — Solenopsis xyloni; a, b, worker from above and 

 side ; c, its head : d, female ; enlarged. 



Fig. 2f6. 



SOLENOPSIS Westw. 



S. debilis Mayr. Recorded from New Jersey. 



S. fug-ax Latr. Caldwell (Cr). 



S. g-eminata Fabr. Pennsylvania to Florida (Ashm). 



