THE HISTORY OF MYRMECOLOGY. 135 



segment. Palpal joints reduced in number. Frontal carinae diverging 

 behind or feebly converging, their anterior ends rarely dilated to form 

 narrow lobes, but then their posterior ends are widely separated. 



T\phlomyrmc.\-, Paraponcra, Ectatoinina (with subgenera : 

 Ectatoinina, Acanthoponera, Stictoponera, Mictoponera, 

 Rhytidoponera, Holcoponera and Gnamtogenys} , Tliaitinu- 

 toinynne.r (Fig. 3, /), Alfaria, Emeryella. 



Tribe 4. PONERII. 



Cosmopolitan. Pedicel of worker and female i-jointed, usually 

 scale-like, with slender articulation usually at the ventral side of the 

 first gastric segment. Palpal joints reduced in number. Frontal carinse 

 converging posteriorly, often closely approximated behind and usually 

 forming a flattened plate anteriorly into which the posterior end of the 



FIG. 79. Worker of Dolichodcrus bititberculatus of the Indomalayan region. 



(Bingham.) 



clypeus is inserted like a wedge. ( Odoiitoponcra is transitional to 

 Ectatoinina in the structure of its frontal carinse. ) 



Odontoponcra (Fig. 136), Diacamina, Ophthahnoponc, Dino- 

 ponera (Fig. 132), Mcgaloponera (with subgen. Megalo- 

 poncra and Hagensia), Paltothyrcus, Plcctroctcna, Nco- 

 poncra (Fig. 134; with subgen. Neopouera and Eiuncco- 

 ponc], Pachycondyla (with the subgenera Pachycondyla 

 (Fig. 133), Bothtoponcra and Ectoinoim'nnc.r), Ponera 

 (Fig. 131), Enfioncra (with the subgenera Euponcra,Meso- 

 poncra, Pscudoponcra and Brachyponera (Fig. 135) ), Tra- 

 pczlopelta, Cryptopone, Strcblognathus, Bclonopclta, Ccntro- 

 uiyrmc.r. Psalidoinynnc.r, Platythrea, Rhopalopone, My- 

 opias, Onychomyrme.r, Prionogenys, Lcptogcn\s (with the 

 subgen. Lcptoyenys and Lobopelta^ig. i^},Harpegnathus. 



