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foveolae in the narrow interrugal spaces on the mesonotum. Dorsal surface 

 of epinotum, including the upper portion of the decUvity, with extremely 

 coarse reticulate rugae, some of which are clearly transverse. Petiole above 

 less coarsely and even more irregularly rugose. Postpetiole and gaster very 

 finely and densely punctate, with superimposed small, sparse, and very regular 

 piligerous punctures. 



Hairs grayish brown, short, rather abundant, erect on the head, thorax, and 

 petiole, mostly subappressed or oblique on the postpetiole, gaster, and legs. 

 Antennal funicuh with very short, fine hairs, or pubescence. Wings minutely 

 hairy. 



Black; mandibles, antennae, legs, and tip of gaster reddish brown, the tarsi 

 slightly paler. Wings grayish hyaline, with slightly infuscated tips and 

 anterior margin; veins sharply defined, brown; pterostigma dark brown. 



Described from four specimens taken by Mr. John Hewitt at 

 Kuching in 1908. Type.— M. C. Z. 8,946. 



I have described this male in detail and given it a name, although 

 in closely resembles the male of M. greeni Forel from Ceylon, described 

 from a mature pupa, because no adult winged male of the genus has 

 been described. The Bornean specimens may belong to a different 

 species, possibly M. sauicri Forel of Formosa or M. bakeri Wheeler 

 of the Philippines, both known only from females. It can hardly 

 be the male of the only other known species of Metapone, M. mjobcrgi 

 Forel of Queensland. The four specimens of M. hewitti have been 

 in my collection for many years and were placed provisionally with 

 Cataulacus. Forel's very careful description and figures (Rev. Suisse 

 zooL, 1911, 19, pi. 14) finally enabled me to recognize them as Meta- 

 pone males. Forel is, I believe, in error in stating that the antennae 

 of the male M. greeni are 11-jointed. He has apparently overlooked 

 the second funicular joint. As Green has shown, the species of this 

 extraordinary genus nest in decayed branches. He found the types 

 of M. greeni and their larvae in company with termites. 



48. Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon). 



Edlon nigrum Jerdon, Madras journ. lit. sci., 1851, 17, p. 112, § . 

 Tetraponera atrata Smith, Ann. mag. nat. hist., 1852, ser. 2, 9, p. 44, ^ ; 



Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. soc. London. ZooL, 1857, 2, p. 70, 9 . 

 Pseudoynyrma nigra Smith, Cat. Hymenop., Brit, mus., 1858, 6, p. 159, ^ . 

 Pfendomyrma airata Smith, ibid. p. 159. 

 Pseudomyrina carbonaria Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. soc. London ZooL, 1863, 



7, p. 20, y 9 . 



Sima nigra Emery in Dalla Torre, Cat. Hymenop., 1893, 7, p. 54. 



