26. Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel) .

Prenolepis bourbonica Forel, Soc. Ent. Belg., Ann. 30: 210, 1886. Grandidier, Hist. Madagascar 20: 82, 1891. Wheeler, New York Ent. Soc., Jour. 20: 46, 1912.

N3ilanderia bourbonica (Forel) Wheeler, B. P. Bishop Mus., 0cc. Papers 11 (11): 49, 1935.

Yona, Mar. 28, Bryan; Ritidian Pt., April 15, 16, Bryan; Mt. Alifan, April 20, Bryan; Merizo, April 24, Bryan; Mt. Tenjo, under stones, May 3, Swezey; Upi Trail, May 5, Swezey; Santa Rosa, May 19, Swezey; Umatac, May 28, Swezey; Piti, July 24, on cane, Sept. 26, in garden, Swezey; Machanao, Aug. 6, Swezey; Yigo, Oct. 18, Swezey; Piti, Oct. 27, in bamboo stump, Swezey .

A blackish, ordinary sized ant, known from Nicobar, Reunion, Cargados and Chagas Islands, and India. Collected in Guam by Fullaway in 1911 . We found it one of the common ants in 1936.