NORTON, 



Camponotus (F.) fulvaceus Norton (-nov. sp.)- 



Worker major. Length, 0.30-32 in. Color ochre- 

 yellow. Scape black ; flagellum, 

 mandibles, a band, near the apex 

 of each segment of abdomen, and 

 the legs below the apex of femora 

 piceous. Apex of antennae yel- 

 lowish. A carina down the nasus ; 

 ocelli wanting. Head subquad- 

 rate, slightly hollowed behind. 

 Thorax compressed behind, de- 

 clivity not abrupt ; node rounded, 

 moderate. Body covered with 

 long, scattered, pale hairs. The 

 head is somewhat wider than the 

 thorax. 

 WorJcer minor. Length, 0.30 in. The head of this 

 form is nearly as large, but is slenderer, and is more 

 rounded behind the eyes. (Four major workers ; two mi- 

 nor workers.) 



Camponotus (F.) nitidus Norton (nov. sp.). 



WorJcer. Length, 0.25 

 polished, shining 



in. Piceous black, slender, 

 each set in a 



Antennee ferruginous 

 larger basin near to a very short inner carina or ridge ; 

 nasus not distinctly carinate, with a deep hollow on each 

 side at base of mandibles ; a slender impressed line down 

 the middle of face. Mandibles striate, rufous. Head 

 about one-third wider than thorax, not emarginate behind. 

 Thorax compressed, declivity abrupt ; node rounded, flat 

 behind. Abdomen polished, margin of segments pale, 

 legs rufous. A few scattered hairs on the face, none on 

 the body. (Three workers.) 



In this and the next, the legs are not as long as in the 

 two previous species. 



Camponotus (F.) nacerdus Norton (nov, sp.)- 



WorJcer. Length, 0.22. Dull black; the face below 

 the antennae rufous. The whole body slender, dull black, 



