996 FORMICIDAE 



ProCERATIUM Roger 



P. crassicorne Emery. SI: Old Town Road, May-Nov (D&B) : LI: Cold So. 

 Harb., Aug (D&B). 



SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE 



Myrmecina Curtis 



M. graminicola (Fab.) subsp. americana Emery. SI: Arrochar, Je (D&B) ; LI: 



Amagansett, Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). A rare and local species nesting in 



rotten wood, or under stones, in damp, shady woods. 

 M. graminicola (Fab.) subsp. americana Emery var. brevispinosa Emery. "NY" 



(teste Emery). Nests in small colonies under stones in shady woods, feigning 



death when disturbed. 



MONOMORIUM Mayr 



M. minimum (Buck.). SI: Clove Val., and elsewhere (L&B) ; LI: Rockaway, 

 Wading R., Baldwin, Pinelawn, Wyandanch, Gardiners I., Cold Sp. Harb. 

 (D&B). Constructs crater nests in sandy or gravelly places. 



M. pharaonis (L.). The Little Yellow House Ant. Ithaca; NYC. Introduced. 

 Occurs in houses, warehouses, etc. 



SOLENOPSIS Westwood 



S. molesta (Say). The Thief Ant. SI: Tottenville, Long Neck (D&B); LI: 

 Baldwin, Wyandanch, Yaphank, Brooklyn, E. New York, Cold Sp. Harb., 

 Forest Pk. (D&B). In open grassy places, nesting under stones, or living 

 in the walls of the galleries of nests of large ants. 



CREMATOGASTER Lund 



C. lineolata (Say). The Shed-Builder Ant. Wyoming Co (Ds) ; Ithaca, abundant 

 (Bdy) ; McLean (Wheel) ; Debruce, Ds (Beq) ; SI: Long Neck, Arlington, 

 Watchogue, and many other places (D&B) ; LI: Oakdale, Calverton, Yaphank, 

 Half Way Hollow Hills, Wading R., Wyandanch, Pinelawn, Amagansett, Flush- 

 ing, Shelter I., Southold, West Hills (D&B). A very abundant species, nesting 

 under stones in open places, stumps, boards, the bark of old logs, etc. 



C. lineolata (Say) var. cerasi Fitch. "NY" (Fitch); Ithaca (Comstock). 



Pheidole Westwood 

 (These are harvesting ants, and are confined to the sandy coastal regions.) 



P. davisi Wheel. LI: Wading R., Je (D&B). Makes small craters in pure white 

 sand of the pine barrens. 



P. morrisi Forel. LI: Wading R., Yaphank, Selden (D&B). Forms low mounds 

 in pure sand, sometimes covering one or two square feet, and often about the 

 roots of a plant (Wheel). 



P. pilifera (Roger). Southfields, ScJwtt (Beq); Hillburn, Schott (Beq); SI: 

 Tottenville, Arrochar, and elsewhere (D&B) ; LI: Aqueduct, Pinelawn, Bald- 

 win, Wyandanch, Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). Constructs obscure craters with 

 several openings in sandy or gravelly soil, more rarely lives under stones 

 (Wheel). 



P. tysoni Forel. Bronxville (Wheel). 



