No. 7. Chinese Ants. 



By Willi \m Morton Wheeler. 



Contributions prom the Entomological Laboratory of the Bi 

 1\ rrrunoN, Harvard University, No. 151. 



Within the past months I have received several small collections 



Of Chinese ants. Some of them were made in Soochow, Mokan- lian, 



and oilier localities by Trot'. N. Gist (ice, one was made in Hong-kong 

 by Mr. Terry and contributed by Dr. F. X. Williams, of Honolulu, 

 one in various localities in southern China by Mr. F. Muir, and one in 



(anion by Prof. ( '. \Y. Howard. Although several species of Formi- 

 cddae have been recorded from China, their distribution is so imper- 

 fectly known that it seems advisable to publish a list of my specimens, 

 especially as everything pertaining to the fauna and flora of eastern 

 Asia is of interest in connection with recent discussions of the problems 

 of geographical distribution. Most of the ants received from Professor 

 Gee, including several singular new species and some heretofore 

 known only from Japan, belong, of course, to the Palaearctic fauna, 

 whereas those from southern China are mostly identical with well- 

 known species from India, Burma, and Siam and therefore belong to 

 the Indomalayan fauna. 



" Formicidae: Ponerinae. 



1. Stictoponera menadensis Mayr subsp. bicolor Emery. 



A single worker from Hong-kong (Terry). Known from India, 

 Burma, Tenasserim, the Malay Peninsula, and China. 



2. Diacamma rugosum (Le Guillou) subsp. geometricum (F. Smith) 



var. ax (EPS Emery. 



Three workers and an imperfect male from Hong-kong (Terry), 

 the type-locality. 



3. Bothroponera rufipes (Jerdon). 



Two workers from Hong-kong (Terry). A well-known form from 

 the Himalayas (up to 4,000 ft.), India, Ceylon, Burma, and Tenas- 

 serim. 



