120 Descriptive Catalogue [1897. 



Male : Abdomen impressed longitudinally underneath, femora of 

 the intermediate legs with a triangular tooth of moderate size 

 underneath, anterior tibiae with an extremely small tooth set before 

 the apex. Length 1-90 mm. 



Wasmann states, loc. cit., that this insect has been discovered 

 in Delagoa Bay by Mr. C. Wroughton ; the habitat, however, does 

 not seem to be a correct one. Mr. Wroughton, of the Indian Forest 

 Department, while on a visit to the Cape and Natal, collected a 

 good number of ants, and sent to the South African Museum some 

 duplicates of his captures, among which was one example of the 

 Novoclaviger, above described, and said by him to have been found 

 in Natal, examples of which had been forwarded to Wasmann. 

 There can l)e no doubt about the identity of the insect sent by 

 Mr. Wroughton to the South African Museum and Wasmann's 

 type, as I have received from the latter one of his types which I 

 have compared with the example in the South African Museum, and 

 they are absolutely identical. The habitat of the insect is therefore 

 Natal, in all probability, and not Delagoa Bay. 



Gen. COMMATOCEEODES, Per., 



Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, 1888, p. 85; Eatfray, Eev. Entom., 

 1890, pp. 164-168. 



Oblong, rather thick, antennae elongate and five-jointed, first 

 joint inconspicuous, second transverse, third to fourth subquadrate, 

 fifth much elongate, clavate ; head short, triangular in the anterior 

 part, and acuminate, cheeks strongly dilated in front ; margin of 

 elytra simple ; first dorsal segment of abdomen very much impressed 

 transversely at base, strongly plicate and fasciculate on each side, 

 second and third conspicuous on the upper part. 



This genus is very different from the preceding one owing to the 

 antennae, which are really five-jointed, and much longer, the short 

 and broad head, and the strongly plicate abdominal excavation, 

 fasciculate on each side 



COMMATOCEEODES EAFFBAYI, Per., 



Loc. cit., p. 86, pi. 1, fig. 3 ; Eaffray, Eev. Entotn., 1890, pi. iii., 



fig. 26, 261. 

 Oblong, short, and thick, chestnut brown, very briefly setulose ; 

 head and prothorax closely and roughly punctured, the punctures 

 subocellate ; head short, broad, thick, triangular and acuminate at 

 tip, obsoletely foveate laterally behind the eyes, which are set back- 

 wards ; antennae hardly shorter than the head and prothorax 



