22 Psyche [March 
Camponotus (Tanxmyrmex) consobrinus Erichson 
(Fig. 1) 
The synonymy of this common and widely distributed 
Australian Camponotus, which comprises several subspe- 
cies and varieties and constitutes a well-defined group in the 
subgenus Tansemyrmex, has been confused through failure 
to recognize the type. This was supposed to be C. nigriceps 
F. Smith (1858), but recently Mr. John Clark has been able 
Fig. 1. Camponotus ( T ancemyrmex ) consobrinus Erichson. A, mermi- 
thergate (specimen g), in profile; B, head of same, dorsal view; C, 
head of worker maxima, dorsal view; D, thorax and petiole of same, 
in profile; E, head of worker minima, dorsal view; F, thorax and 
petiole of same, in profile; G, head of female, dorsal view. 
to identify Erichson’s consobrinus , which was described as 
early as 1841. He has therefore suggested the following 
arrangement of the various subspecies and varieties to re- 
place Emery’s arrangement in the “Genera Insectorum.” 
