NOTICE

     We are going quarterly!. Effective on 30 March Notes From Underground will be operating under a new policy. On that date the current issue of Notes will be archived. A new issue will be posted on 1 April. That issue will be replaced with a new issue on 1 July. And so forth thereafter. All new material submitted after the appearance of the new issue will be held for publication in the following issue. However issues of timely importance will be posted immmediately so as to get them to the members as quickly as possible.

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Announcements & Bulletin Board
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Page 3 Festschrift
Page 4 ANT STAMPS? Yes!
Publication Policy Change
Missing Persons

Now available:
CD ROM of Bolton's new Catalogue of Ants of the World

Featured Articles
The Loaded Language of Science By JOAN M. HERBERS

And in response to Joan's article


Ross H Crozier
Brian Fisher
Mark Deyrup
Roy R. Snelling
Bob Taylor
James Trager
Cesare Baroni Urbani

Field trips

Lets get together

Field Work

Information Needed
Origins of the hostility assay by Chris Starr
References needed by Nicolas Degallier
Pest ant records needed by James Wetterer
Authority for Thysanura Needed by Bill Clark
Ant rearing info needed by Leïla von Aesch
Looking for myrmecophilous Staphylinidae by Peter Hlavac
Material needed by Mark Moffett
Roberto M. Pereira
Volunteers and input needed by Donald de Mackiewicz Jr. 
Information needed by John Warner
Argentine ant records wanted by James Wetterer
Info on Aenictogitoninae needed by David Merrill
Mentor needed by Carlos Moura
Permit info needed by Zach Prusak
Info needed on Hawaiian ants by Camie Martin
Undergrads needed by John LaPolla
Pachycondyla chinensis by Benoit Guenard
Website opinions needed by Benoit Guenard

Name that Ant

We have a Name that ant candidate from Bob Taylor.
Send in your guess, the answer will be revealed next issue.

Specimens Needed
Bothriomyrmex needed by Dmitry A. Dubovikoff
In need of Army Ants by Gordon C. Snelling
Lasius (Acanthomyops) and relatives needed by Joe Raczkowski
Leptothorax needed by André Francoeur
Neotropical Monomorium Wanted by Fernando Fernandez
Polyrhachis needed by Rudy Kohout
Specimens needed by Roy R. Snelling  
Specimens needed for excocrine analysis by Tappey Jones
In need of Pogonomyrmex by Robert Johnson
Tatuidris needed by David Donoso
WANTED: Specimens of ANY Anoplolepis species  by Kirsti Abbott
In need of Myrmecocystus by Brian O'Meara
Request for Ponerine Specimens by Chris Schmidt
Needed Tapinoma by Chris Hamm
Pavement Ants Wanted by Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner, Florian M. Steiner and Andy Suarez
Brood Samples needed by Stefanie Berghoff
West Indian and Atlantic island ant specimens by Jim Wetterer
Stenamma Needed by Michael Branstetter
Needed: Procryptocerus by Francisco Serna
Mite Identifications by John Moser
Liometopum specimens needed by Israel del Toro
Needed: Labidus cocoons by Stefani Berghoff
Wanted: Cardiocondyla by Juergen Heinze
Anecdotes needed by David Donoso
Wanted: Hypoponera by Shawn Dash
Megalomyrmex specimens needed by Juan M. Vieira