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i. P. RUGiFRONs, Smith. 



Operanti: Long, 11— 19 mm. Nigra, coxis , femoribus, sacpc 

 eliam tibiis partim rufo-testaceis , mandibulis margine mastica- 

 torio ferrugineo; subtiliter flavide pubescens el Imud co{)iose 

 pilosa; mandibulae disperse punctatae basi insuper tenuissime 

 striolatae; caput elongalum postice colliforme constrictum; antice 

 nitidum et suLtililer punctatiim , postice irregulariter rugosum ; 

 thorax rude ct irregulariter reticulato-rugosus , inter pronotum 

 et mesonotum laeviter constrictus; pronotum spinis 2 longis 

 acutis extrorsum et paulo antrorsum directis, apice paulo an- 

 Irorsum curvatis; mesotharax infra utrimque post prouoti angulum 

 lamina paulo prominenti , nietanotum spinis 2 longis divergen- 

 tibus , curvatis , sursum et paulo retrorsum directis ; petiolus 

 cubico-nodiformis , postice altior , spinis 2 longis curvatis, valde 

 divergentibus, retrorsum ct extra directis; abdomen subtiliter 

 punctulalum. (Secundum exempl. typ.) 



Ceram (Coll. Mayr), Amboina (Mus. Leyden), Celebes, Salawatti 

 (sec. Smith). 



§. P. SPINOSA, nov. spec. 



Fig. 2. 

 Operaria : Long. 11 — 12 nim. Nigra, unguiculis calcaribus- 

 que anticis rufescentibus ; ferrugineo-pilosa , capile antice , 

 thorace supra, petiolo supra et postice, abdomine pedibusque 

 tenuiter cinereo-pubescenlibus ; mandibulae disperse punctatae 

 nitidae, basi insuper tenuissime at dense striolatae; caput elon- 

 galum postice colliforme constrictum ; clypeus , genae el frons 

 tenuiter atque superficialiter reticulato-punctata , genae el frons 

 insuper disperse rudius punctatae ; spatium inter genam el an- 

 tennae articulationem .curvatim longiludinaliter rugoso-slriatum ; 

 vertex el capitis lalera rude el irregulariter reliculato-rugosa ; 

 thorax, inter pronotum et mesonotum laeviter constrictus, rude 

 et irregulariter reticulato-rugosus , mesonoto supra et metanoli 

 parte basali laevioribus; pronotum spinis 2 acutis paulo curvatis, 

 oblique extra el antrorsum directis ; mesothorax infra utrimque 

 post pronoti angulum lamina indistincta ; melanolum spinis 2 



