MANN: ANTS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS. 497 



Sparse, erect hairs present on head and gaster and sjiarse pubescence on 

 head, thorax, abdomen, and apjjendages. 



Head, mandibles, and scapes brownish red; thorax and legs, yellow-brown, 

 tarsi reddish; gaster black with the posterior borders of segments banded 

 with brown ami the base of the first segment pale. 



Worker. Length 6 mm. 



Head elongate, evenly rounded back of eyes, sides in front of eyes nearly 

 straight. Clj'peus very obtusely carinate at middle, rounded at anterior 

 border. Antenna! scapes surpassing occipital borders by about half their 

 length, funicular joints long, and sleiyier. Thorax elongate, slender, the 

 sutures feebly impressed. Epinotal base strongly compressed, separated 

 from declivity by a rounded angle. Node three times as high as long, convex 

 in front, flat behind, ^ith the top narrow and margined. 



Shining. Mandibles finely rugose-striolate. Head and body very finely 

 coriaceous. 



Long erect hairs rather sparse on head and gaster and very fine appressed 

 pubescence on head, body, and appendages. 



Brownish yellow; gaster black with brown margins to the segments. 



Female. Length 9 mm. ' ^ 



Similar to soldier. Petiole thick, quadrate, higher than broad shallowly 

 impressed anteroposteriorly. 



Mesonotum with sparse, coar.se, and shallow punctures and finer, though 

 distinct, punctures. The sculpture otherwise as in soldier. 



Color as in soldier, except that the brown bands across the gaster are much 

 broader. Wings (length 9 mm.) faintly infuscated along apical border; veins 

 pale brown. 



Male. Length 6 mm. 



Head longer than broad. Clypeus rounded in front. Thorax rather slender. 

 Petiole in profile slightly higher than long, broadly rounded above. 



Shining and finely coriaceous. Mesonotum with a few coarse, shallow 

 punctures. 



Erect hairs and appressed pubescence sparse. 



Head black, the remainder dark brown to black with the mandibles, funiculi, 

 and legs brown. 



Viti Levu: Waiyanitu (Type-locaHty), Nadarivatu. Taviuni: 

 Nagasau. 



An abundant species, especially near Waiyanitu. It is closely 

 related to mayriella, differing in the more elongate, striated clypeus 

 in the soldier and in color. 



