Vespoidea

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The Males of Some Texan Ecitons

Abstract: SINCE the observations on Eciton published in the June number of the Ameilcazi iNaluralist for i900 were undertaken, the recognition of the sexual forms of the Doryline ants has made some progress. European myrmecologists, notably Professor Forel and Professor Emery, have thrown considerable light on several of the species belonging both to the Old World (Dorylii) and American branches (Ecitonii) of the subfamily. The doubts entertained in the senior author's former paper concerning the identity of Andre' s Pseudodic/il/tadia izccria have been dissipated. It now appears that this insect is really the female of Ecito1; cvwcum Latr. In a note at the very end of his splendid work on the ants of Central America and Mexico 2 Forel quotes the following admission from a letter from M. Andre: \"Je tiens a vous dire que jesuis depuis longtemps convaincu que ma Pseiidodiclith/adia incrtla est bien