COLLECTED IN BORNEO, ETC. 79 



Gen. Typhlatta. 



Mandibles triangular ; eyes obsolete ; flagellum 9-jointed ; petiole of 

 the abdomen formed of 2 nodes. 



The above characters are those of the worker of the species ; 

 probably an examination of the other sexes would present other 

 very distinctive generic characters, particularly in the neuration of 

 the wings: the palpi I have not examined. 



1. Typhlatta l^eviceps. T. niger, nitidus; capite, thorace antice et 

 abdomine glaberrimis ; antennis tarsisque rufo-piceis. 



Worker. Length 2 lines. Black ; the head glassy-smooth and shining ; 

 ovate, with the posterior margin of the vertex truncate ; in some 

 examples, an indistinct castaneous spot at the sides of the head, in 

 the usual situation of the eyes ; the antennae ferruginous. Thorax 

 elongate, compressed at the sides ; very smooth and shining anteriorly, 

 with a delicate striation in the middle, the metathorax being finely 

 rugulose ; the tarsi rufo-piceous. Abdomen : ovate, very smooth and 

 shining ; the nodes subglobose, the basal one being the smallest. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Subfam. Cryptocerid^i. 

 Gen. Echinopla. 



Head transverse ; eyes small, placed laterally, high on the head ; 

 antennae 12-jointed, inserted forwards on the head, wide apart; the 

 labial palpi 4-joiuted, the three basal ones of about equal length, 

 clavate ; the apical joint as long as the two preceding joints united ; 

 the maxillary palpi 5-jointed, elongate, the three apical joints long 

 and slender, the two basal ones much shorter and stouter; mandibles 

 short, stout, and of equal width throughout, armed with five stout 

 teeth. Thorax oblong-quadrate; legs of moderate length; tarsi 

 5-jointed ; each tibia armed with a single spine at the apex. Abdo- 

 men globose ; peduncle formed of a single node ; the first segment 

 very large, concealing the other segments beneath it. 



1. Echinopla melanarctos. E. nigra, hispida; oculis extantibus ; 

 abdominis squama in utroque latere spina longa acuta horizontali ; 

 abdomine globoso. 



Worker. Length 3 lines. Black; the head, thorax and abdomen, 

 covered with short blunt spines, or pedestals, each having a long hair 

 at its summit ; the palpi pale testaceous ; the antennae inserted under 

 thin elevated curved plates on the anterior part of the face, the face 

 with a rugose striation ; the head smooth beneath, shining and con- 

 cave ; the eyes very prominent and globose. Thorax rugose ; the 

 legs slightly pubescent, the calcaria pale testaceous. (Fig. and de- 

 tails, Plate I.) 



Hab. Singapore. 



