488 CLAUDE FULLER. 



Antennas pallid, slightly suffused with red; 15 joints, or 

 with joints III and IV fused, 14 joints. Joint I longest 

 (200 n) ; II half as long as I (100 w) ; III, IV, V smallest 

 and about equal (50 fx) ; VI-IX increasing in length ; VI 

 (80 ,x); VII (100 fx) ; VIII (110 n) ■ IX (140 n)] IX-XI 

 about equal (140 ^) ; XII-XIV a little shorter (130 fj) ; XV 

 longer than XIV (150 ^u). Joint III narrowest; IV-VII 

 increasing in width ; VII-XIV equally wide. Joints III, 

 IV, V sub-annular ; VI-XIV elongate obconic ; XV elongate 

 oval. 



Grula slightly darker than ventral gence ; sutures brown ; 

 elongate ; sides sinuate ; widest towards apex ; constricted 

 towards foramen. Free apex very short; distal margin 

 straight; sides oblique, continuous with sides of inserted 

 portion. 



Thorax. — White, semi-transparent. Pronotum sellate, 

 short, narrow, antei-ior part elevated. Mesonotum a little 

 shorter and wider than pronotum ; sides diverging ; caudal 

 margin broadly curvate. Metanotum shorter than meso- 

 notum and wider ; sides diverging ; caudal margin lightly 

 ineurvate. 



Legs pallid; tibia appearing 2-segmented and with a 

 patella. 



Abdomen. — Transparent, gritty contents visible; ovoid. 



Worker. 



Measurements. — Total length 4*5 to 5 mm. ; head-width 

 0"8 mm. 



Head. — Vertex creamy-white ; frons milk-white ; clypeus, 

 epistome and labrum creamy-white ; superior articulations of 

 mandibles showing as two distinct deep brown spots ; man- 

 dibles white with dark brown teeth. Dorsal outline of head 

 short U-shaped ; with scattered long pale hairs. 



Clypeus salient, bombous. 



Antennae 14 joints ; as with soldier, but III somewhat large, 

 clavate, with a pseudo-articulation and IV the smallest joint. 



Thorax. — White, transparent; much as with soldier. 



