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53. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr. subsp. thoracicus 
Fabr. var. xerxes Forel. 8 .— Zahleh, Syria. 
54. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr. subsp. thoracicus 
Fabr. var. sanctoides Forel. &—  Wady Feran and Mt. Sinai, 
Sinai Peninsula. 
55. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr. subsp. thoracicus 
Fabr. var. mortis Forel. 8 .— Wady Feran, Sinai Peninsula. 
56. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr. subsp. sanctus Forel. 
8 .— Shiba, Bakeyas, El Katana, and Rasheya, Syria; Petra, 
Palestine. ; 
57. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr. subsp. turkestanicus 
Ern. André. 8 .— Wady Hisa, Palestine. 
58. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr. subsp. baldaccii 
Emery. 8 .— Bantyas, Syria. 
59. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr. subsp. aethiops Fabr. 
var. concavus Forel. 8 .— Shiba, Syria; Mt. Hermon, Palestine. 
60. _Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) lateralis Oliv. var. atricolor Ny]. 
8 .— Rasheya and Ammik, Syria. 
61. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) interjectus Mayr. 8 .— Wady 
Kerak, Palestine. 
62. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) simplex Mayr. 8 2 o.— Wady 
Kerak, Palestine; Wady Feran, Sinai Peninsula. 
This species was very abundant in both of these localities, always 
in damp places and always associated with a certain tree. In Wady 
Feran several nests were seen on plants. These were made of portions 
of leaves and twigs fastened together with films of silk. In Wady 
El Katana, near the Dead Sea, the only nest found was beneath a stone 
at the base of a tree. It contained many larvae, some of which were 
lying on the ground, and others on a sheet of silk. On nearly every 
tree in the vicinity of this nest there were many Membracidae which 
were constantly attended by the Polyrhachis workers and in most 
cases even sheltered in sheds constructed by the ants. The workers 
were observed while carrying the larvae up the trees and using them 
to spin the silk of the sheds. 
