1002 FORMICIDAE 



(D&B). Constructs domes three to four feet in diameter and one to two 

 feet high, in open glades of wooded hilltops. These domes are often partly 

 covered with growing grass. 



F. fusca L. var. fusca L. Upper Ausable L., Cliff Mt. (Beq) ; Niagara Falls (Beq) ; 

 McLean (Beq) ; Clinton Hgts, (Beq) ; Ramapo Mts. (Wheel). Nests under 

 stones or logs, or in rude craters or small earthen mounds (Wheel). 



F. fusca L. var. subsericea Say. Wilmington, Ds (Beq) ; Portageville, Ds (Beq) ; 

 Ithaca, Dryden L., Danby Hills (Beq) ; McLean (Bdy-CU) ; Greenville 

 (Wheel) ; Garrison-on-Hudson (Ckll) ; Saugerties, VKrochow (Beq) ; 

 Kiamesha, Brues (Beq) ; Debruce, Ds (Beq) ; Mosholu, Bronxville (Wheel) ; 

 White Plains (Beq) ; Central Pk., NYC, VKrochow (Beq) ; SI, very common 

 (D&B) ; LI: Bergen Beach, VKrocho-w (Beq) ; Flatbush, Central Pk., Wading 

 R., Gardiners I., Wyandanch, West Hills, Amagansett, Yaphank, Flushing, 

 Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). A very abundant ant. Prefers open sunny places, 

 and may construct mounds or build under stones, etc. The host of many 

 slave-making species. 



F. fusca L. var. gelida Wheel. Cliff Mt., Redfield Mt. (Beq). "The most steno- 

 thermal and alpine of all our forms of fusca. Nests in rather small colonies 

 under stones or in logs in woods at high altitudes, just below timberline" 

 (Wheel). 



F. fusca L. var, argentea Wheel. Essex Co; Gloversville ; Ithaca. Belongs to the 

 colder part of the Transition zone (Wheel). 



F. fusca L. var. subaenescerLs Emery. Ithaca, Bdy (Beq) ; Bedford (Wheel). A 

 rare species, nesting under logs and stones in shady woods. 



F. neogagates Emery. Niagara Falls, Ithaca (Beq) ; Kiamesha, Brues (Beq) ; LI: 

 Gardiners L, Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). In small colonies under stones, on hills 

 at an altitude of 1000 ft. or more (Wheel). 



(Subgenus Neoformica Wheeler) 



F. pallidefulva Latr. subsp. pallidefulva. Ithaca; White Plains (Beq) ; Bronxville 

 (Wheel). A southern form, very rare as far north as this State. 



F. pallidefulva Latr. subsp. schaufussi Mayr. Ithaca, Karner (Beq) ; W. Nyack 

 (Beq); Bronxville, Mosholu (Wheel); SI, common (D&B); LI: Pinelawn, 

 Amagansett, Yaphank, Wading R., Wyandanch, Gardiners I. (D&B). A 

 common species, nesting in small colonies under stones or in small obscure 

 mound-nests in sunny and grassy fields. 



F. pallidefulva Latr. subsp. schaufussi Mavr var. incerta Emery. Niagara Falls 

 (Wheel) ; Albany, White Plains (Beq) ; Tuckahoe (Wheel) ; Bronxville 

 (Wheel); West Farms (Angus); SI: Todt Hill (D&B); LI: Wyandanch, 

 Hempstead, Smithtown (D&B). Common in the same situations as the 

 preceding (Wheel). 



F. pallidefulva Latr. subsp. nitidiventris Emery. Clifton Sps. ; Ithaca; W. Danby; 

 Mosholu, Bronxville (Wheel) ; SI (D&B); LI: Amagansett; Calverton, 

 Southold, Gardiners I., Montauk, Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). Habits similar to 

 those of the preceding species. 



F. pallidefulva Latr. subsp. nitidiventris var. fuscata Emery. Bronxville (Wheel) ; 

 SI: Todt Hill (D&B) ; LI: Wyandanch, Amagansett, Gardiners I., Central 

 Pk., Montauk (D&B). Rarer than any of the other forms, nests only in 

 woods, usually in hilly country (Wheel). 



