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dew. This would, of course, be of decided advantage to the 
nts.” 
Crematogaster lineolata var. cerasi (Fitch) [M.R.Smith] 
I have seen this ant associated w ith termites occasionally and 
tionship between them. An opportunity at Wickes, Mo., on 
May 1, 1932, gave me the following notes. A large board lying 
on the ground was on top of another one, half buried in the 
ground. Upon lifting the top one I found thousands of the 
above species of ants packed closely together on both boards; 
also many ants were in the termite galleries with the termites. 
The termites, Reticulitermes flavipes [M. R. Smith] were 
few in number in comparision with the ants, although the gal- 
leries would indicate that a large colony was present. 
That the relationship between the two species was something 
more than accidental was indicated by the behavior of the ants; 
the moment the top board was lifted, the ants grabbed the 
temites in their jaws and ran for whatever cover they could find. 
This might indicate a friendly spirit on the part of the ants 
or it might indicate that the ants had planted themselves in the 
termite colony and were slowly devouring the inmates. Many 
of the termites were winged and as I lifted the lower board 
many tried to escape in the hole in the ground. 
This was an interesting colony in that I also Ae — 
twenty specimens of the guest orthopteron ident as 
Myrmecophila pergandei Bruner [A. N. Caudell] aa ten 
larvae of a guest Lepidopteron belonging to a Teneid moth 
[Wm. M. Wheeler]. The latter lived in flattened kidney-shaped 
cocoons open at both ends and much too large for them; the 
cocoons were lying flat on the earth covered by the board. Each 
larva moved about slowly carrying its case, and each spun a 
silken thread as it walked along; if the pill box in which they 
were placed was turned upside down, it was evident that one 
end of the thread had been attached to the box and the insect 
hung free in the air. In a crowded box, they often attached 
themselves to one another by means of this thread. 
We have seen on previous pages that C. lineolata, while 
normally nesting in crevices in boards and hollow stems, some- 
times builds sheds on plants over her colony of aphids; for the 
variety cerasi, I wish to record another and unusual method 
for protecting the “cows”. At St. Albans, Mo., on May 6, 1932, 
on a large shrub [I found in a dozen or more places, batches a 
leaves crumpled and adhering together. In the center of each 
batch of these leaves I found a number of aphids* attended by 
