1933 ] 
New Ants from China and Japan 
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NEW ANTS FROM CHINA AND JAPAN 
By William Morton Wheeler 
Formicinse 
Formica pratensis Retzius var. superba var. nov. 
Worker. Length 5-6.5 mm. 
Head, including the frontal area, thorax and abdomen 
opaque; mandibles and legs, including the coxae, distinctly 
shining. Eyes not hairy. Erect hairs golden yellow, very 
few on the head, gula and promesonotum ; border of petiole 
ciliate ; gaster with sparse, blunt, apparently deciduous hairs ; 
pubescence grey, very fine, dense on the coxae and legs; 
more dilute and not concealing the opaque surface on the 
gaster. Thorax and petiole rather rich red; mandibles 
dark brown; entire head, center of pronotum and antero- 
median portion of mesonotum and the gaster deep black, 
decidedly darker than the similar regions in the typical 
pratensis of Europe, which are really dark brown or 
brownish black. First gastric segment with a large, trans- 
verse red spot just above the petiolar articulation; antennae 
nearly black ; legs dark brown, coxae and trochanters some- 
what paler and more reddish; border of petiole not infus- 
cated. 
Six specimens from Eastern Tomb, near Peking, China 
(Chi Ho). 
Formica truneorum Fabr. var. approximans var. nov. 
Worker. Very similar to the typical truneorum of 
Europe. Pilosity on the body and legs as abundant but of 
a bright golden yellow color, and on the tibiae somewhat 
coarser though not longer than in the type. Color of head, 
thorax and petiole darker red; vertex and often also the 
middle of the promesonotum dark brown, even in large 
