MANN: ANTS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS. 



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Viti Levu: Nadarivatu. 



Approaches P. striatidcns F. Smith, but is differently colored and 

 very much more strongly sculptured, and lacks the distinct striation 

 on front of head. 



It is evidently rare, for I found only one colony, nesting beneath a 

 stone. Type.— M. C. Z. 8,709. 



48. Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) vitiensis, sp. nov. Fig. 22c. 

 Worker. Length 1.4 mm. 



Head short and broad, posterior corners rounded, border concave at middle. 

 Mandibles shorter than clypeus, trigonal, their blades with about twelve very 

 fine and acute, triangular, subequal teeth. Clypeus convex at middle, im- 



FiG. 22. — a. Strumigenys jepsoni Mann. b. Strumigenys scelestus Mann. c. Strumigenys 

 (Cephaloxys) vitiensis Mann. Workers. Front views of heads. 



pressed at sides and in front, with the anterolateral lobes elevated and angu- 

 lately margined. Antennal scapes slender at basal sixth, then strongly 

 broadened, extending a little more than half the distance to the posterior 

 corners; first funicular joint a httle longer than the fourth and as long as the 

 second and third together, terminal joint longer than the remainder of funicu- 

 lus. Scrobes broad and deep, containing the entire antennae and divided at 

 middle by a longitudinal carina for three fourths the length. Eyes very small, 

 situated ventrally at middle of sides. Thorax broad, not impressed. Pro- 

 notum flat, margined at sides and front, humeri obtusely angulate. Base of 

 epinotimi nearly flat, spines absent, declivity with very high lamellate margins. 

 Petiolar node rising abruptly from peduncle, a little higher than long and 

 broader than long, slightly convex above. Postpetiole twice as broad as 

 petiole. 



Head subopaque, the remainder moderately shining. Head coarsely, 



