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Rare, though evidently of wide distribution. The workers in a small 

 series before me are a little smaller (length 6 mm.), but otherwise 

 agree closely with Forel's description, based on Bismarck Archipelago 

 specimens. 



112. PoLYRHACHis (Myrma) salomo Forcl. 

 Rev. Suisse zooL, 1910, 18, p. 87, ^ . 



Malaita: Auki. Russell: West Bay, Yandina. 



Fig. 49. — Polyrhachis (Myrma) salomo Forel. Worker. Front view of head. 



Nests usually in crevices of logs of trees, and builds partitions and 

 protecting walls of silk interwpven with vegetable material. One 

 colony was found beneath a stone. 



113. Polyrhachis (Myrma) similis Viehmeyer. 



Abh. berichte K. zool. anthr.-ethn. mus. Dresden, 1912, 14, no. 1, p. 8, ^ . 



San Cristoval: Wai-ai, Pamua, Wainoni Bay, Star Harbor. Bio. 

 Ugi: Pawa. Florida: Tulagi, Maliali. Ysabel: Fulakora. Russell: 

 West Bay, Yandina. New Georgia. Rubiana Lagoon. 



