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E. (C.) metallica Sm., vav. tasnuouensis Emerv. — -J 5 • Near Perth, 

 Yallingup to Mammoth and Lake Caves, under log or stone in bush, 

 31.vii.l4. 



B. {C.) metaUica Sm., var. cristidota Forel— J ^. Blue Mts., 

 N.S.W., near Mt. Yictoria. Nest tinder stone, 23.viii.14. 



For description of the S , which was taken on this occasion for the 

 first time, see Ent. Eec. xxx. 5, p. 88 (1918). 



E. (C.) victoj'iae Andre. — 2 J, 6 ^. Yictoria, near Healesville, 

 Narbethong, Springbank. Nest under log in bush, 15.viii.l4. 



S (laitlievto uudescribed). Length 4'8 mm. Black ; tip of gaster, ailicu- 

 latious of legs and terminal joints of tarsi, ferruginous, also mesonotum ; 

 antennae dark brown. Wings p;ile brown and iridescent, nervuresdark brown. 



Head broader than long, narrowing in front and behind. Mandibles with 

 7-8 teeth. Clypeus bulbous, depressed along anterior border, wjiicli is feebly 

 convex. Frontal area triangular, slightly impressed. Eyes large and oblong, 

 placed obliqueW across the side of head in front of middle, occupying a little 

 more than | the side. Scapes short, about twice as long as broad, nearly twice 

 as long as 1st segment of funiculus .which is about as broad as long ; 2nd joint 

 long, longer tliau the scape and 1st joint together, the rest diminishing in 

 length and increasing in breadth to the ajucal, Avhich is about as long as the 

 2nd. All except 1st much longer than broad. The whole antenna f as long as 

 the whole insect. 



Scntellum prominent, a transverse impression dividing it from the scutum. 

 Base of epinotum equals the declivity, the latter plane, sub-boidered. Scale 

 from above longer than broad, the sides concave in front, the concavity forming 

 a ridge wliich ends in a blunt tooth at each side. Underneath is a flat lamella 

 ending in a blunt tooth directed forwards ; in the centre of the lamella is a 

 circular translucent aperture. 



Pilosity : body sparsely provided with erect brown hairs; pubescence nil 

 except on antennae. Tibiae with erect hairs. 



Gaster and mandibles shining, the rest sub-malt. Mandibles with very 

 few small punctures ; rest of head roughened, mostly longitudinally. Scutum 

 anteriorly with a short longitudinal impression from ^vhich radiate fine stiiae. 

 Mayrian furrows with broad transverse grooves, shining, the rest and the 

 scutelbira irregularly and lougitudhially rugose-striate. Epinotum irregularly 

 and coarsely transversely reticulate. Ntde -with irregular lines. Gaster 

 shining and smooth, with traces here and there of superficial striae. 



Sub-family III. Myrmicjnae Lep. 



Apliae7iogaster {jSfystaloviyrma) longicejis Sm. — 13 ^ ^, near 

 Healesville, Yictoria, under rotting log, l(3.viii.l4. These ^ ^ agree 

 perfectly with Smith's type. 



A. (X.) 2ioidtoni Crawley. — Tln-ee ^ ^ , taken b\' Prof. Poulton m 

 the Zoological Gardens, Perth. I have received numbers of this species 

 from the neighbourhood of Perth, 



