MYRMICA RUBRA ^HNS. B. M.

Formica rubra, Linn ^HNS. Faun. Suec. 1725. Myrmica caespitum ^HNS, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 450,1, [[male]]. Myrmica ruginodis, Nyland ^HNS. Adno. Mon. Form. Boreal. 930, 3. Foerster, Hym. Stud. Form. 66, 36.

The majority of specimens examined of this species possessing the Linnean characteristic " punctum nigrum, sub abdomine, " the Linnean name has been retained for it