534 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vor. XXXV. 
S. molesta sometimes occurs far from the nests of other species, 
it would seem that it must often feed on other substances than 
the larvae and pupa of ants. Under these circumstances its 
diet may be similar to that of the European species which 
Emery ('95, p. 277, footnote) found near Bologna feeding on 
the bones and dead bodies of small animals. 
I2. Pheidole lamia n.sp. (Fig. II a-c). 
This aberrant Pheidole, which I have recently taken near 
Austin, Texas, is, I believe, to be included among the clepto- 
biotic ants. It is, unfortunately, of very rare occurrence, so 
that up to the pres- 
ent time I have found 
only two of the nests 
— both under stones 
in rather moist, shady 
places. One of these 
nests contained a 
small number of 
workers which were 
feeding on a partially 
decomposed caterpil- 
lar. The other, con- 
taining a greater 
number of workers 
(about twenty - five), 
was on a refuse heap 
consisting of several 
dead ants, in the 
midst of a nest of 
Camponotus macula- 
tus, subsp. sansabe- 
anus. The honey 
Vie. 1t. Pheidole lamia n.sp. a,soldier; 5, head of same yellow workers were 
in profile; c, worker. only 1.5 mm. long, 
and to the unaided eye so closely resembled the very common 
workers of Solenopsis molesta as to convince me that I must 
