Buckley’s North American Formicihae. 
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Texas forms, McCook (’79, pp. 185-186), who suggested this deter- 
mination, claims to have seen two of Buckley’s types in the collection 
of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Buckley’s ethologi- 
cal notes are correct and will scarcely apply to any of onr other ants, 
but his English name, “Crazy ant,” is a misnomer, as this species is by 
no means non compos mentis. Always alert and self-assertive, it is one 
of onr few species that can adapt itself to the extremes of a Texas 
drought and make a livelihood when most other ants are compelled to 
aestivate in the depths of the soil. 
23. Formica masonia; worker. Tex. 
If I am not mistaken, this is a Liometopum. The description agrees 
very well with L. apiculatum , Mayr, which I recently captured in the 
Trans-Pecos (Paisano Pass, Brewster county). But as it would apply 
almost eually well to L. micro cephalum, Panz., var occidentale, Em., 
which in all probability occurs in Western Texas, Buckley’s name should 
not be substituted for that of Mayr. 
24. Formica saxicola; female, worker. Tex. 
Emery (’94, p. 338) conjectures that this may be a species of Lasius. 
As yet I have been unable to find any species of this genus in the State. 
Buckley’s specimens were from North Texas (Buchanan [now Steph- 
ens] County), however, and it is not improbable that Lasius may occur 
in that region. Buckley’s color description points to a form like L. 
americanus, Em., or L. aphidicola, Walsh. 
25. Formica discolor; female, worker. Tex. 
Emery (’93, p. 677) regards this form as a subspecies of Camponotus 
marginatus, Latr., now known as subsp. discolor , Buck. He is undoubt- 
edly correct in this determination. The form under consideration is 
very common throughout Central Texas. It is sometimes found beneath 
logs as stated by Buckley, but small colonies are far more frequently 
found inhabiting the abandoned galls of Holcaspis cinerosus , Basset, on 
live-oak trees ( Quercus virginiana). 
26. Formica sansabeana; male, female, worker. Tex. 
This, too, is unquestionably a Camponotus ; and is adopted by Emery 
(’93, p. 673) as C. maculatus , Latr., subsp. McCoohi, Forel, var. san- 
sabeanus, Buckley. The species is common, but local. Though it is 
sometimes found in decaying stumps, as Buckley states, it occurs far 
more frequently under stones in shady places. Males and winged queens 
are present in the nests throughout the year. 
27. Formica fcetida; female, worker. Tex. 
This is another ant concerning which there can be no question. It is 
simply Iridomyrmex ( Forelius ) McCoohi , Forel, and it is surprising 
that McCook, who was familiar with the species and with Buckley’s 
