98. Formica cruentata HNS.

Formica cruentata, Latr. HNS Hist. Nat. Fourm. 116. pl. 3. f. 10 [[worker]].

Formica pilosa HNS. Oliv. Encycl. Meth. v. 498. 39?

De Geer, Ins. vii. 612. pl. 45. f. 13, 14?

Hab. Africa?

This species very closely resembles, if indeed it be not identical with, the F. opaca HNS of Nylander.