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recently felled tree. The colony was composed of only a couple of 

 dozen workers and one female. The workers made no attempt to 

 save any of the few larvae that were in the nest. The specimens from 

 Malaita and Yandina were found running on tree- trunks. The spe- 

 cies is evidently very widely distributed in the Solomons but is rarely 

 seen, probably because of its arboreal habits. It is very active and 

 diflRcult to catch." 



