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than the petiole, nearly as long as broad, with rounded anterior 

 corners and straight subparallel sides, not constricted behind; in profile 

 it is rounded above and somewhat flattened below. Gaster regularly 

 elliptical, not truncated in front, nearly as large as the head. Legs 

 very stout; tibia? and especially the femora incrassated; middle and 

 hind tibice without spurs. 



Mandibles rather coarsely striato-punctate. Head longitudinally 

 rugose, with two smooth bands extending from the antenna 1 fovea 

 nearly to the posterior border and foreshadowing scrobe-like depressions 

 for the antennal scapes. Thorax, petiole and postpetiole longitudinally 

 rugose, but more irregularly and vermiculately than the head. Gaster 

 and legs smooth. 



Hairs short, slender, erect, moderately abundant both on the 

 body and legs. 



Color black or deep reddish brown throughout. 



I had not seen Mayr's type of this ant when I published the 

 figure of Propodomyrma samlandica in my book and was misled by 

 Mayr's figure (PI. IV Fig. 80), which is far from being an adequate 

 drawing of this species, as the petiole and thorax are incorrectly 

 represented and the incrassation of the femora and tibiae is not 

 shown. In the figure of the antenna (Fig. 81), moreover, the 

 3-jointed club is not distinctly marked off as it is in the specimen. 

 Mayr was in error in placing the species in the genus Macromischa. 

 It evidently belongs in the group of paleotropical genera comprising 

 Vollenliovia^ Podomyrma, Stereomynnex, Dacryon and Atopomynnex, 

 and seems to be most readily assignable to Vollenhovia^ especially as 

 this genus is known to contain at least one recent species [V. emeryi 

 Wheeler of Japan) with dentate epinotum. 



Described from three specimens, the type (No. 198/3850), an 

 unnumbered specimen in the Geolog. Inst. Koenigsberg Coll., and 

 B, beautifully preserved specimen (K 904) in the Klebs Coll. All are 

 in an admirable position, the last being red, the former black in color with 

 the sculpture very distinct. The figure is drawn from Klebs' specimen. 



Vollenliovia prisca (Ern. Andre). 



Macromischa? prisca Ern. Andre, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, XX, 1895, p. 83 $; 

 Handlirsch, Foss. losekt. 1908, p. 876. 



The species described by Ern. Andre as Macromischa? prisca 

 appears to be very similar to V. heyricki. It is, however, somewhat larger 

 (4,5 mm) and has 11 -jointed antennae. The club is 3-jointed, but longer 

 than the remainder of the funiculus and joints 6 and 7 are as long 



