FORMICIDAE 1003 



POLYERGUS Latreille 



P. lucidus Mayr. The Shining Slave-Maker. Ithaca, very rare (Bdy) ; White 

 Plains, W. Nyack (Beq) ; Bronxville (Wheel) ; LI: Long Pond, Wading R. 

 (D&B) ; Pinelav^n; Selden. Aug-Sep. Enslaves Formica schaufussi. 



Camponotus Mayr 1^2 



C. castaneus (Latr.). West Farms (Angus); SI, Je (D&B); LI: Central Pk. 

 (D&B). Nests under stones and logs in small colonies. 



C. castaneus (Latr.) subsp. americanus Mayr. Conesus L., Ds (Beq); Ithaca; 

 Norton's Landing, Cayuga L. (SmHH) ; Ft. Montgomery, Schott (Beq) ; SI: 

 New Brighton, and many other places (D&B) ; LI: Wyandanch, Yaphank, 

 Half Way Hollov^ Hills, Wading R., Melville, Rockaway Beach, Pinelawn, 

 Gardiners I., Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). 



C. herculeanus (L.) var. whymperi Forel. Cliff Mt., 3000 ft. (Beq). 



C. herculeanus (L.) subsp. pennsylvanicus DeG. The Carpenter Ant. Saranac 

 L., Big Moose, Keene Val., Oswego (Beq) ; Turin, Lucy Armstrong (Beq) ; 

 Batavia, Portage, Ds (Beq) ; Rock City, Ds (Beq) ; Ithaca (Beq) ; McLean 

 (Bdy) ; Nassau, Cedar Hill (Beq) ; Oliverea, Slide Mt., Ds (Beq) ; Garrison- 

 on-Hudson (Ckll) ; White Plains (Beq) ; W. Nyack, Ols (Beq) ; Bronxville 

 (Wheel) ; West Farms (Angus) ; SI, common (D&B) ; LI: Central Pk., Yap- 

 hank, Fire I., Smithtown, Gardiners I. Southold, Huntington Sps., Cold Sp. 

 Harb. (D&B). Abundant in all woodlands, nesting in soHd dead wood. 



C. herculeanus (L.) subsp. pennsylvanicus DeG. var. ferrugineus Fab. Mosholu, 

 Bronxville (Wheel) ; Ft. Montgomery, Schott (Beq) ; West Farms (Angus) ; 

 Manhattan, NYC, Ds (Beq) ; SI: Watchogue, Clove Val. (D&B) ; LI: Rich- 

 mond Hill, Jamaica, Wyandanch, Yaphank, Amagansett, Coram, Melville, 

 Wading R., Southold, Cold Sp. Harb., Half Way Hollow Hills, Smithtown 

 (D&B) ; Forest Pk., VKrochoiv (Beq). Of similar habits to the preceding, 

 but less common (Wheel). 



C. herculeanus (L.) subsp. pennsylvanicus DeG. var. noveboracensis Fitch. L. 

 Tear, Cliff Mt. (Beq) ; Keene Val., Elizabethtown, Saranac L., Ds, Boonville, 

 Titus (Beq) ; Wilmington, Ds (Beq) ; Plattsurg (Beq) ; Orleans Co, Pulaski, 

 Ds (Beq) ; Batavia, Genesee Co (Beq) ; Rock City, Ds (Beq) ; Potter Swamp 

 (Beq) ; Ithaca (Beq) ; Tarbel, W. Danby, McLean, Ds (Beq) ; Karner, Cedar 

 Hill (Beq) ; Oliverea, Callicoon, Slide Mt., E. Jewett, Ds (Beq) ;_ West Pt, 

 Debruce, Ds (Beq). Of similar habits to the two preceding species. 



C. caryae (Fitch) {fallax Nyl. var. nearcticiis Emery), Wilmington, Ds (Beq) ; 

 Honeoye Falls, Ds (Beq) ; Niagara Falls, Ds (Beq) ; Batavia, Ds, Wyoming, 

 Ds (Beq) ; Taughannock, Ithaca, Ds (Beq) ; Ithaca (Beq) ; Albany (Beq) ; 

 White Plains, Bno (Beq) ; Valhalla, Schott (Beq) ; West Farms (Angus) ; 

 Bronx Pk. (Beq); SI: Long Neck, Tottenville, etc. (D&B); LI: Brooklyn, 

 Queens, Wading R., Yaphank, Gardiners I., Riverhead, Pinelawn, Amagansett, 

 Orient Pt., Central Pk., Half Way Hollow Hills, Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). 

 Wheeler says that this ant seems to be associated with pine trees. 



C. caryae (Fitch) var. minutus Emery. SI: Long Neck, Clove Val., etc. (D&B); 

 LI: Melville, Jamaica, Central Pk., Massapequa, Yaphank, Amagansett, 

 Wading R., Coram (D&B). Nests in dead twigs of oak. 



C. caryae (Fitch) var. pardus Wheel. White Plains, Mosholu (Wheel) ; Bronx- 

 ville (Wheel) ; West Farms (Angus) ; LI: Queens, Jamaica (D&B). 



"2 The North American ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr. By William Morton Wheeler. 

 Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1910, 20:295-354. 



