GIO !Mr. F. Smtli's descriptions of 



longitudinally; the Avings as in the female; the abdomen 

 subovate, slightly emarginate at the base and pointed at 

 the apex. (Fig! 7, 2; ^la,$. PI. XL) 



Hah. — AYeenen District, Natal. 



This species was discovered by Mr. John IMonkhousc 

 Hutchinson, inhal)iting the thorns of a species of acacia. 

 Some of the specimens of the Avorkers ha^'C the legs more 

 or less ferruginous. 



2. 3Ieranoj)liis vesti<jator. 



AVorker. — Length 2J lines. Head, thorax and legs 

 brown-black; abdomen black. Head subglobose, shining, 

 and Avith a fcAA^ irregular carina? ; antenna? reddish-broAvn, 

 palest at the apex. Thorax short, not longer than the 

 head, longitudinally rugose-striate ; the anterior margin 

 arched, the lateral angles acute and subdentate ; narroAved 

 ])osteriorly ; the metathorax Avith tAA^o long acute spines ; 

 the legs pale at the base of the femora; the tarsi pale 

 rufo-testaceous. Abdomen hcart-shai)ed, smooth, shining, 

 and Avith scattered erect set;v; the first node of the pe- 

 duncle AA'cdge-shapcd, the second subglobose, both rugose. 

 (Fig. 8, ?. PL XL) 



Hah. — JNIatabello, Eastern Archipelago. 



Type in the British JNIuseum. 



3. Mcranoplus attenuatus. 



Female. — Length 2^ lines. Black and shining; the 

 head rather strongly punctured; the ocelli distinct, placed 

 in a triangle on the A'ertex; the apical joint of the 

 antenna? rufo-testaceous. Thorax oblong, longitudinally 

 roughly striated ; the metathorax deeply emarginate, form- 

 ing tAA'o lateral stout teeth ; AA'ings AA^antlng ; femora much 

 attenuated at the base, and SAvollcn In the middle ; the 

 anterior tibia? and tarsi, and the a])Ical joints of the two 

 posterior pairs, rufo-testaceous. Abdomen oblong-oA'atc, 

 striated at the base, the apex Avith scattered pale hairs; 

 the first node of the i)cduncle with large punctures, and 

 much narroAA'cr than the second, Avhich is longitudinally 

 striated. (Fig. 9, ?. PI. XL) 



Hah.— V:\Y-L 



Type in British Museum. 



4. Mcranoplus puncticcps^ 



Worker. — Length 2 lines. Black and shining; the 



