74 ME. smith's desceiptions of htmenopteeous insects 



2. Myrmica gracilescens. M. rufo-ferruginea, gracilescens ; 

 laevissima et politissima. 



Worker. Length 1 line. Rufo-ferniginous, smooth and shining; the 

 tarsi and the basal joints of the flagellum pale rufo-testaceous ; the 

 club of the antenna; 3-jointed; the antennae nearly as long as the 

 body. The metathorax with two short acute spines. Abdomen 

 ovate ; the basal node of the peduncle petiolated, and elevated above 

 the second node, which is ovate-conical, the first being conical. 



Hab. Makassar. 



This elegant httle ant closely resembles the Myrmica lippula of Europe. 



Gen. Ceematogastee, Lund. 



\. Crematogaster LiEvissiMus. C. pallidc castaneo-rufus, Isevis 

 nitidusque ; alis hyalinis iridescentibus. 



Female. Length 3 lines. Pale rufo-castaneous, highly polished, smooth, 

 and impunctate. The antennae and legs very pubescent ; the head 

 anteriorly and the mandibles slightly pubescent. Thorax oblong- 

 ovate; the wings colourless and brilliantly iridescent, the nervures 

 scarcely distinguishable. Abdomen oblong-ovate, the first node of 

 the peduncle petiolate, the second subglobose. 



Hab. Makassar. 



Fam. ATTID^, Smith. 

 Gen. SoLENOPSis, Westw. 



1. Solenopsis TRANSVERSALis. S. feriTiginea, capitc oblongo-ovato 

 longitudinaliter striato, postice transverse striato ; abdomine nitido. 



Worker major. Length 2 lines. Ferruginous, with the head and abdo- 

 men darkest, the latter palest at the base, and smooth and shining. 

 Head : oblong, subquadrate, the sides shghtly rounded, longitudinally 

 striated, and with a central longitudinal smooth impressed line ; the 

 vertex transversely striated and slightly emarginate. Thorax : deeply 

 strangulated between the meso- and metathorax, the latter armed 

 with two minute spines ; the first node of the peduncle petiolated, 

 conical, and elevated above the second node, which is globose. 



Hab. Makassar. 



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Gen. Pheidole, Westw. 



1. Pheidole militaris. P. ferruginea; capite maximo, antice 

 fusco. 



Worker major. Length 3 Unes. Ferruginous, smooth and shining; 

 the head oblong-quadrate, more than twice the width of the abdomen, 

 deeply emarginate behind, and with a central longitudinal impressed 

 line ; the head transversely wrinkled posteriorly, and with a few lon- 

 gitudinal short striae at the anterior angles at the base of the man- 

 dibles ; the angles, as well as the mandibles, dark fuseo-ferruginous ; 



