526 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Biskra, 30. v. 98) ^ ^ ,, 

 Alger, 28.iii.98/ KD - M - 



Camponotus maculatus, Fab., race atlantis, Forel. 

 $. Fontaine Chaude, near Biskra, under a stone. 

 Only one nest seen, 29. iii. 94. " The ant is 

 the colour of a common termite." A. E. E. 



Camponotus maculatus, Fab., race sylvaticus, Oliv. 

 $ $. Near Azazga (taken in copula). Altitude 1900 

 feet, 13. ix. 93. A. E. E. 



Camponotus rufoglaucus, Jerdon, race micans, Nyl. 

 £. Biskra ; under a stone, 26. ii. 94. A. E. E. 

 £. Medea ; hill to the north. Altitude 3000 feet, 



27. vi. 93. A. E. E. 

 g. Philippeville, 20. vi. 98. F. D. M. 



Camponotus sichelii, Mayr. 



$ $. El Biar, beneath a stone under trees, 13. ii. 93. 

 A. E. E. 



Myrmecocystus viaticus, Fab. 



J $ $. Biskra, four males apparently asleep among 



the leaves oiAmmi visnaga, 30. v. 93. A. E. E. 

 $ 2. Constantine, 16. vi. 94. A. E. E. 

 £ Alger, 28. iii. 98. F. D. M. 

 $. Biskra, 11. v. 98. "These ants when on the 



ground run about with their wings nearly erect." 



A.E.E. 

 $ 1. Le Tarf, 20. vi. 96. A. E. E. 



Myrmecocystus albicans, Rog., race viaticoides, Andre. 

 £ 1. Biskra, 4. vi. 93. A. E. E. 

 g 1. Biskra, 7. v. 98. F. D. M. 



Myrmecocystus bombycinus, Rog. 



$ ¥ 5 raajor and minor. Biskra on the Dunes, some 

 very fine examples of the Soldier form, May 

 1893andl894— "18.V.93.— found several nests, 

 two containing pupae. The sand is apt to fall in 

 and efface the entrance, and then a party of 

 ants may be seeu collected together scraping 



