THK TYPE OF CAMPONOTUS (mYRMOTURHa) MACULATUS, F. 221 



out, the 2 s varying from quite brown to quite blue, A. cnrilnn was 

 abundant, but the second brood of A. jiiedoii was only just beginning 

 to emerge, and there was no sign as yet of A. thetis. (i. rhannii, H. 

 xciiirle and 11. jildaeas were present but not in numbers, and (-'. 

 jiauii'hilKs was common. The second brood of A. thetis is only 

 following the example of the first this year, as is natural, in the 

 lateness of its appearance as I saw not a single specimen of it when 

 1 was in the same locality towards the middle of June, and I have 

 heard of similar experiences this year on the part of other collectors. 



The Type of Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus, F. 



By H. DONLSTHOIIPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 Dr. F. Santschi having asked me to examine and redescribe the 

 insect named by Fabricius— /''nr////V« inandata — I have now done so. 

 The ant in question is in the Banks' Collection at the British Museum 

 (Natural History); it is labelled " Africa," and judging from what is 

 known of ihe localities whence the specimens in the Banks' collection 

 came, it probably came from Sierra Leone, or near by on the West 

 Coast. 



Description. 



2| Head above and below, mandibles, and scapes of antennae 

 black: /»?//.■;/// ^^.s/dm-^/.s (unfortunately both tips of the antennae are 

 mi.ssing). Thorax yellow beneath; pronotum, m.esonotum. scutel- 

 lura, and epinotum anteriorly, blackish-brown. Legs yellow, tihiac and 

 tarsi blackish hinirn. Scale yellow; gaster with first three segments 

 with broad triangular blackish patches in centre of dorsum, with 

 narrow yellow patches on each side ; extreme apical edges of segments 

 yellow. 



The puncturation of the head and body is very fine and close, that 

 of the gaster being rather finer. Towards the base and on the 

 declivity of the epinotum the puncturation runs transversely in a 

 circular manner. (The specimen is somewhat dirty, and dull with 

 age, which makes it difiiculc to describe the puncturation very 

 accurately.) 



Head broader posteriorly, without any outstanding hairs beneath ; 

 clypeus a little longer than broad, strongly carinate in centre, with 

 bluntly pointed side flaps, and a row of nine bristles on anterior 

 border ; mandibles with seven teeth on terminal border the apical one 

 being long ; frontal carinae with distinct raised ridges, gradually 

 divergent, then rounded and convergent ; frontal furrow distinct ; 

 cheeks without outstanding hairs. 



Thorax : pronotum with long yellow outstanding hairs; scutellum 

 distinct, nearly twice as broad as long; epinotum narrow, without 

 outstanding hairs, declivity not steep. Posterior tibije on apical half 

 of posterior ventral surface (inner border of underside) furnished irith 

 a nnr nf /ire or si.e short hristies (one anterior leg and the two inter- 

 mediate legs are missing). 



Scale narrowest at apex, not as high as epinotum, furnished with 

 four outstanding hairs; gaster with rows of strong yellow outstanding 

 hairs on apex and base of segments. Long, about 12inm. 



Original description of hnnnira muridut.i. Fabricius 'N/'.* •. /*/.s., 1, 

 491(1781)1:— 



