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spinis (luabus longis acutis retrorsum directis; abdominis squama 

 spinis duabus curvatis armata ; coxis femorumque basi rufis. 



Worker. Length 2i lines. Black, smooth and shining : the flagellum 

 thickened towards the apex. Thorax : the anterior angles acute ; the 

 disk not flattened; the metathorax with two long, acute, divergent 

 spines, directed backwards ; the scale with a long curved spine on 

 each side, directed to the curve of the abdomen ; the coxae and femora 

 ferruginous, the anterior pair obscure. Abdomen globose, smooth and 

 shining. 



Hab. Malacca. 



I have only seen a single specimen of this species : the clavate antennae 

 appear to indicate its belonging to a different genus. 



16. PoLYRHACHis cuspiDATUS. P. niger; prothorace metatho- 

 raceque medio elevatis et bispinosis; femoribus abdominisque basi 

 ferrugineis. 



Worker. Length 2^ lines. Black : head subovate, not narrowed be- 

 hind ; the base of the scape, the apex of the flagellum, and the tips of 

 the mandibles, ferruginous. Thorax slightly compressed; the pro- 

 thorax with an elevation in the middle which terminates above in two 

 divergent spines ; there is also a similar elevation, spined above on 

 each side, on the metathorax ; the coxae, femora, and apical joints of 

 the tarsi, ferruginous. Abdomen ferruginous at the base ; the scale 

 quadrate, deeply notched above. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



17. PoLYRHACHis FLAVicoRNis. P. nigcr; capitc thoraceque sub- 

 opacis, abdomine nitido ; flagello femorumque basi flavo-testaceis. 



Female. Length 3 lines. Black : the head subopake, the flagellum and 

 mandibles reddish-yellow; the basal joint of the flagellum, except its 

 extreme apex, black; the scape rufo-piceous. Thorax subopake; 

 ovate, without spines; legs rufo-piceous, the femora pale reddish- 

 yellow; wings subhyaline, nervures pale testaceous, stigma brown. 

 Abdomen fuscous ; the scale quadrate, armed with two short, curved 

 subacute spines. 



Worker. Length 2 lines. Very like the female, but with the antennae 

 and legs of a deeper tint ; the first joint of the flagellum black, except 

 its apex ; the thorax flattened at the sides, the superior surface slightly 

 convex, divided by two transverse sutures, the margins acute. Abdo- 

 men globose, black and shining; the scale as in the female. 



Hab. Singapore. 



18. PoLYRHACHis EQUiNUS. P. uigcr uitidus ; thorace supra de- 

 planato, metathorace et peduuculo bispinosis, pedibus pallide fer- 

 rugineis. 



Worker. Length 3 lines. Black ; head shining and deUcately rugulose ; 

 the palpi pale rufo- testaceous. Thorax : flattened above, the margins 

 acutely edged ; the sides longitudinally delicately striated ; the pro- 



