mann: ants of the fiji islands. 



477 



The Waiyanitu specimens are much hghter in color than those 

 from the mountains and possibly- represent a color variety. Type. — 

 M. C. Z. 8,718. 



67. Cajviponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr., subsp. 

 PALLIDUS F. Smith var. 



VitiLcATi: Suva, Xausori, Nadarivatu. Ovalau: Le\'uka. Vanua 

 Le^-u: Labasa. Kadavu. Lau: Kabara. 



My specimens are exceedingly close to, if not identical with var. 

 samoaensis Santschi, recentlv described from Samoa. All of the 

 colonies that I found were under bark or in hollow branches, usually 

 of the "i\-i" tree. They attend a large coccid always found on this 

 tree. 



68. C.A^iPONOTUS (Myrmegonia) laminatus Ma}^T. Fig. 29. 



Sitzb. Akad. wiss. Wien, 1886, 53, p. 489, fig. 4, § . 



Soldier. Length 7-S mm. 



Head longer than broad, narrowed in front, sides and posterior border nearly 

 straight, ch^peal region truncated for about three fourths its length. Mandi- 

 bles vrith. seven blunt teeth. Clj'peus quadrate, flattened anteriorly, the 



Fig. 29. — Camponotus (Myrmegonia) laminatus Mayr. Worker minor, a. Lateral view 

 of thorax aind petiole, b. Front view of petiolar node. 



anterior border broadly rounded. Cheeks impressed broadly and more 

 shallowly than in cristatus. Antennal scapes barely surpassing occipital 

 corners. Pronotima nearly twice as broad as long, slightly convex above. 

 Mesonotum rounded in front, and rather narrowly rounded behind. Base of 

 epinotum compressed, most strongly so apically, where it is subangulately 



