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as long, narrowed and rounded above, with convex anterior and flat posterior 

 surfaces. Legs long and slender. 



Shining throughout. Mandibles with a row of fine punctures parallel to 

 edge of blade. Head and body very finely punctate. 



Pubescence of head and thorax fine, short, and erect, that of gaster more 

 abundant, longer, and recumbent. Erect hairs fine, short, and exceedingly 

 sparse. 



Reddish brown, antennae and legs fighter. 



\iu Levu: XadariAatu. (Type-locality). Ovalau: Levuka. 

 Occurs in small colonies beneath stones and in rotten wood. 

 Resembles P. kalakauae Forel from Hawaii. Type. — M. C. 

 8,689. 



The two species may be distinguished as follows : — 



Z. 



First funicular joint as long as the three foUowing joints together. Eyes 

 composed of 7-8 facets. Base of epinotum broader behind than in front, 

 ^lesonotum nearly as long as pronotum kalakauae Forel. 



First funicular joint not as long as the three foUowing together. Ej-es of 

 Ar-o facets. Mesonotum barely more than half as long as pronotum. Base of 

 epinotum as broad in front as behind. Petiole higher moJiticola Mann. 



12. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) letilae, sp. nov. Fig. 6. 

 Worker. Length 6-7 mm. 



Head a little longer than broad, slightly broadest in front, posterior corners 

 broadly rounded, occipital border nearly straight. ]\Iandibles slender, with 



Fig. 6. — Leptogenys (Lobopelta) letilae Mann, 

 petiole. 



W orker. Lateral view of thorax and 



the apical and basal borders rounding into each other, the former edentate and 

 slightly concave. Ch-peus flattened apicaUy, projecting and narrowly rounded 

 at middle of apical border, with a deficate projecting spine; the median carina 

 strong and acute at basal half and becoming feebler apicaUy. Antennae 

 slender, their scapes surpassing occipital corners by nearly one fourth of their 



