or MYSOL, CEEAM, WAIOIOU, BOUEU, AKD TIMOR. 21 



tarsi rufo-testaceous. Abdomen oblong-ovate, the petiole of the first 



node short ; the second node wider than the first, subglobose. 

 Female. Resembles the worker, but with the head longer, the sides 



more parallel, and having three ocelli on the vertex ; the legs ai'e rather 



darker; in other respects both sexes are ahke. 

 Hub. Bourn. 



Gen. Mtrmica, Latr. 



1 . Myrmica poneroides. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 1(>7. -• 

 Hab. Ceram ; Bouru ; Bachian. 



2. Myrmica incerta. M. nigra, capite ferrugineo ; capite thorace- 

 que longitudinaliter striatis ; metathorace bispinoso. 



Female. Length 2f lines. Head ferruginous ; the thorax and abdomen 

 black, the former obscurely ferruginous on the disk ; the legs rufo- 

 fuscous, with the anterior tibiae and all the tarsi palest ; the flagellum 

 pale ferruginous. The head heart-shaped, and, as well as the thorax, 

 longitudinally striated ; the thorax short and rounded, posteriorly 

 armed with two short acute spines. Abdomen rounded, truncate at 

 the base, and covered with a fine silky pubescence ; the first node of 

 the abdomen small and compressed, the second transverse and more 

 than twice the width of the first. 



Hab. Mysol. 



This species is probably not a true Myrmica ; it has exactly the appear- 

 ance of a small CEcodoma ; it may be a female of Crematogaster. 



3. Myrmica mcesta. M. fusco-nigra, nitida ; mandibulis, antennis 

 pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis ; metathorace mutico. 



Worker. Length 2 lines. Blackish brown, shining ; the anterior mar- 

 gin of the head, the mandibles and antennae rufo-ferruginous ; the head 

 finely striated longitudinally. Thorax delicately striated and with 

 scattered punctures ; the legs rufo-ferruginous. Abdomen smooth 

 and shining, the nodes globose. 



Hab. Martabello. 



4. Myrmica umbripexnis. M. rufo-ferruginea, nitida; capite tho- 

 raceque sparse punctatis, alis nigro-fuscis. 



Female. Length 2| lines. Bright rufo-ferruginous, smooth and shining ; 

 the head with a few fine, distant pimctures. Thorax short, ovate, and 

 with a few strong, distant punctures ; the wings dark brown ; the 

 metathorax subdentate. Abdomen ovate, the nodes of the peduncle 

 subovate, smooth and shining. 



Hab. Mysol. 



Fam. ATTID.^, Smith. 



Gen. SoiENOPSis, Westio. 



1. Solenopsis ceplialotes. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 113. 1. 

 Hab. Ceram ; Aru ; Celebes. 



