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41. Plagiolepis pygmaea Latr. 8 9.— Ain Gleidat and Petra, 
Palestine; Ammik, Syria; Wady Feran, Sinai Peninsula. 
42. Prenolepis (Nylanderia) jaegerskjoeldi Mayr. 8 .— Cairo, 
Egypt; Wady Kerak, Palestine. 
43. Formica rufibarbis Fabr. var. clarorufibarbis Ruzsky. 8 .— 
Baruk, Syria. The specimens have the base of the gaster red 
as in the var. clara Forel,*but the top of the head is infuscated as 
in the typical rufibarbis. 
44. Cataglyphis bombycina Roger. 2 8 .— Lake Fayum, Egypt 
(Wm. Granger). 
45. Cataglyphis bombycina Roger var. sinaitica, var. nov. 
Soldier and Worker. Differing from the typical form in the much 
darker coloration, the occiput, thorax, petiole, gaster, and femora 
being deep castaneous brown or even blackish, the knees, tibiae, head, 
antennal scapes, and first funicular joint and in some specimens also 
the thoracic dorsum, paler brown; the mandibles in the worker 
yellowish red. Antennal funiculi beyond the first joint and the teeth 
of the mandibles black. The hairs on the tibiae are distinctly longer 
than in the typical form and the silver pubescence, especially on the 
gaster, is even denser. 
A single soldier and numerous workers from Wady Gazelle, Sinai 
Peninsula. 
46. Cataglyphis albicans Roger subsp. livida Ern. André. 8 2 .— 
Petra, Palestine; Wady Gharandel, Sinai. 
47. Cataglyphis viatica Fabr. subsp. bicolor Ern. André. 8 .— Baruk 
and Ammik, Syria; Wady Mojeb, Palestine. 
48. Cataglyphis watica Fabr. subsp. bicolor Ern. André var. nigra 
Ern. André. 8 .— Cairo, Egypt; Lake Fayum, Egypt (Wm. 
Granger). 
49. Cataglyphis watica Fabr. subsp. bicolor Emery var. orientalis 
Forel. 8 — Wady Mojeb and Wady Hisa, Palestine; El Katana, 
Syria; Wady Feran and Wady Gharandel, Sinai Peninsula. 
50. Cataglyphis cursor Fonsc. subsp. aenescens Nyl. 8 .— Shiba, 
Syria. 
51. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr. subsp. thoracicus 
Fabr. var. oastwm Forel. 8 .— Ammik, Syria; Wady Feran, 
Sinai Peninsula. 
52. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr. subsp. thoracicus 
Fabr. var. cypriacus Forel. § 9@.— Wady Gharandel, Sinai 
Peninsula. 
