2. Formica congerens ^HNS. B.M.

Formica congerens ^HNS, Nyl. Adno. Mon. Form. 906. 7; Addit. Alter.

Mon. Form. 30; Form. Fr. et d'Alger. 61. 15.

Foerst. Hym. Stud. Form. 17. 5.

Schenck, Beschr. Nass. Ameis. 30.

Mayr. Form. Austr. 60. 10; Ungar. Ameis. 10. 10.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Hungary; Switzerland; Italy; Finland.

This species, which closely resembles the wood-ant, F. rufa ^HNS, has been found in Scotland; it is readily distinguished by its being much more pubescent than F. rufa ^HNS. It constructs similar nests to the wood-ant, and in its nests are found not only a species of Myrmica ^HNS, but several interesting species of Staphylinidae; and Dr. Nylander discovered in the nests of this species the Tinea ochracella, in Finland.