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punctate. Cheeks and front with regular, parallel striae which terminate at 

 the vertical impression. Vertex and occiput finely and sparsely punctate. 

 Thorax and epinotum very superficially, transversely striate. Petiole, post- 

 petiole, and gaster very finely and sparsely punctate. 



Pilosity vtry long and unusually fine, rather sparsely distributed on head, 

 body, and appendages. 



Reddish brown, front blotched with dark fuscous; legs lighter, with basal 

 half of femora infuscated. 



JVorker. Length 1.75 mm. 



Head slightly longer than broad, sides feebly convex, occipital corners 

 broadly rounded, border nearly straight. Mandibles with 8-9 unequal teeth. 

 CljTJeus with nearly straight anterior border. Antennal scapes surpassing 

 occipital corners by about one third their length; first funicular joint as long 

 as the three following joints together, joints 2-8 a little longer than broad; 

 club well developed, nearly as long as the remainder of funiculus, terminal 

 joint a little longer than the other two together. Eyes situated in front of 

 middle of sides. Promesothorax without distinct suture, sides subangulate at 

 middle, humeri narrowly rounded. Base of epinotum longer than declivity; 

 spines triangular, about as long as their distance apart at base. Petiolar node 

 narrowly rounded above, higher than the postpetiole which is broader than 

 long and subangulate at sides. 



Shining. Cheeks striate; sides of head cribrately punctate; sides of front 

 with very sparse longitudinal striae parallel to frontal carinae. Mesonotum 

 -nath very feeble transverse striae, the remainder sparsely and very finely 

 punctate. 



Pilosity similar to that of soldier. 



Color dark reddish brown. 



Female. Length 5.75 mm. 



Head slightly broader than long, narrowed in front. Epinotal spines shorter 

 and thicker than those of soldier. Petiole shorter and thicker than in soldier, 

 concave above, at middle with prominently rounded sides. Postpetiole at 

 sides strongly produced in subspiniform process which are much longer than 

 thick. 



Head strongly and regularly striate. Posterior two thirds of mesonotum 

 delicately striate longitudinally. 



Wings clear, veins and stigma fuscous. 



Pilosity as in soldier. 



Color dark brown to black. 



Vanua Levu: Suene. 



In habitus and in sculpture resembhng megaccphala, but the head 

 of the soldier is longer and much less convex at sides, the mandibular 



