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6. Messor barbarus Linné subsp. structor Latr. var. orientalis Emery. 
8 — Rasheya, Ammik, and Baruk, Syria; Ain Gleidat and Wady 
Hisa,' Palestine. 
Messor barbarus Linné subsp. semirufus Ern. André. 8 .— 
Ammik, Hasbeiya, Zahleh, and Baniyas, Syria; Wady Hisa, 
Palestine. One of the commonest ants in Syria, in crater nests. 
8. Messor barbarus Linné subsp. semirufus Ern. André var. concolor 
Emery. 8.— Shiba, Syria; Fuweila, Arabia; Wady Feran, 
‘Sinai Peninsula; Wady Hisa, Palestine. 
9. Messor barbarus Linné subsp. meridionalis Ern. André. 8 .— 
Petra and Wady Mojeb, Palestine; Shiba and Wady El Katana, 
Syria. 
10. Messor barbarus Linné subsp. aegyptiacus Emery. 8 9 o.— 
Wady Feran, Wady Gazelle and Mt. Sinai, Sinai Peninsula; 
Cairo (Mann) and Fayum (Wm. Granger), Egypt. 
11. Pheidole pallidula Nyl. Q 8 .— Petra and Wady Kerak, Palestine; 
Ammik, Syria; Wady Feran and Wady Gazelle, Sinai Peninsula. 
12. Pheidole megacephala Fabr. 2 8 .— Baruk, Syria. 
13. Pheidole sinaitica Mayr. 2 8 .— Cairo, Egypt. 
14. Crematogaster scutellaris Oliv. subsp. schmitti Mayr var. ionia 
Forel. & — Rasheya, Syria; Petra, Palestine. We refer these 
specimens to Forel’s variety on account of the distinct infuscation 
of the head and thorax. 
15. Crematogaster auberti Emery subsp. jehovae Forel. 8 .— Wady 
~ Kerak and Ain Gleidat, Palestine; Shiba, Syria. 
16. Crematogaster auberti Emery subsp. antaris Emery. 8 .— Mt. 
Sinai, Sinai Peninsula; Fuweila, Arabia. 
17. Crematogaster inermis Mayr. 8 .— Mt. Sinai, Wady Gazelle, 
and Wady Feran, Sinai Peninsula; Wady Mojeb, Palestine. 
This is the commonest species of the genus in the Sinaitic Penin- 
sula. 
18. Crematogaster lorteti Forel. 8 .— Ain Gleidat, Palestine. Many 
colonies, nesting under stones in moist localities. 
19. Monomoriwm venustum F. Smith subsp. niloticum Emery. 8 .— 
Wady Gazelle, Sinai Peninsula. 
20. Monomorium solomonis Linné. 8 .— Fuweila, Arabia; Wady 
Gharandel, Sinai Peninsula; Wady Mojeb, Palestine. 
21. Monomorium solomonis Linné subsp. subopacum F. Smith var. 
phoenicia Emery. 8 @ o'.— Akaba, Arabia; Petra, Palestine. 
22. Monomorium bicolor Emery subsp. nitidiventre Emery. 8 2 .— 
Cairo, Egypt. 
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