wheeler: the ants of cuba. 501 



63. Prenolepis (Nylanderia) steinheili Forel. 

 Trans. Ent. soc. London, 1893, p. 342 8 . 



This species is common under logs and stones at some points in 

 the Cienaga de Zapata, especially along the banks of the Rio de 

 Hanabana. \ 



64. Prenolepis (Nylanderia) steinheili Forel var. minuta Forel. 

 Trans. Ent. soc. London, 1893, p. 343, 8 9 cf. 



I collected several workers of this form from a small nest under a 

 stone at Aguada de Pasajeros. Emery described a var. minuta of 

 Prenolepis imparls Say in the same year (1893), but I am not sure 

 which of these varietal names should be changed. Probably Forel's 

 name will have to be abandoned, because his paper appeared in De- 

 cember and Emery's was presumably of earlier date. 



65. Prenolepis (Nylanderia) anthracina Roger. 

 Berl. ent. zeitschr., 1863, 7, p. 161 9 . 



Gundlach observed this species in Guanabo. His collection con- 

 tains two worker, two female, and two male cotypes (no. 288), but I 

 was unable to make a careful examination of them. They looked 

 much like specimens of P. steinheili. 



66. Prenolepis gibberosa Roger. 

 Berl. ent. zeitschr., 1863, 7, p. 161 S . 



Gundlach collected this species in various parts of the island. In 

 his note-book he mentions Rangel, Santiago de Cuba, and Bayamo. 

 His collection contains only a single specimen (no. 320). This I 

 could not examine carefully, but it looked like a specimen of P. fulva 

 Mayr. Roger's description, however, shows that he could not have 

 based the species on such a specimen, because he notes the absence of 

 erect hairs on the antennal scapes. He probably had before him 

 some species of Iridomyrmex allied to I. despertitus Forel or melleus 

 Wheeler. This would be only another instance of his describing a 

 Dolichoderine ant as a Camponotine. 



