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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith's 
  Monograph 
  

  

  posterior 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  metathorax 
  produced 
  into 
  an 
  elongate 
  stout 
  

   acute 
  spine 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  ferruginous. 
  Abdomen 
  ovate, 
  

   finely 
  granulate, 
  the 
  nodes 
  deeply 
  and 
  coarsely 
  sculptured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   entire 
  insect 
  is 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  erect 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Tropical 
  Western 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Unique 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  J. 
  O. 
  Westwood, 
  Esq., 
  who 
  kindly 
  

   lent 
  it 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  3. 
  Cataulacus 
  parallehis, 
  new 
  sp. 
  (PI. 
  XIX. 
  fig. 
  6.)^ 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  3| 
  lines. 
  Black 
  : 
  the 
  head 
  longitudinally 
  

   rugose- 
  striate, 
  the 
  vertex 
  emarginate, 
  the 
  emargination 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  rugose-striate 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  and 
  extreme 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  ferruginous. 
  Thorax 
  longitudinally 
  rugose- 
  

   striate; 
  the 
  metathorax 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  stout 
  sharp 
  

   bent 
  spine, 
  beneath 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  transversely 
  sulcate 
  ; 
  wings 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  yellow, 
  their 
  nervures 
  pale 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  

   ferruginous. 
  The 
  first 
  node 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  coarsely 
  sculptured 
  

   transversely, 
  the 
  second 
  longitudinally 
  so. 
  Abdomen 
  oblong- 
  

   quadrate, 
  finely 
  aciculate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  beyond 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  delicately 
  

   shagreened, 
  and 
  has 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  a 
  few 
  short 
  scattered 
  pale 
  

   setae. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope. 
  

  

  Apparently 
  a 
  rare 
  species 
  ; 
  I 
  have 
  only 
  seen 
  the 
  specimen 
  in 
  my 
  

   own 
  Collection. 
  

  

  4. 
  Cataulacus 
  granulatus. 
  

  

  Formica 
  granulata, 
  Latr. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Fourm. 
  275, 
  tab, 
  12, 
  fig. 
  75. 
  

  

  Cryptocerus 
  granulatus, 
  St. 
  Farg. 
  Hymenop. 
  I. 
  171, 
  2. 
  

  

  Opaque-black, 
  granulated, 
  the 
  posterior 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  

   armed 
  with 
  a 
  spine, 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  not 
  produced, 
  the 
  eyes 
  

   exposed. 
  

  

  Length 
  If 
  lines. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  India. 
  

  

  Genus 
  3. 
  Daceton. 
  

  

  Formica, 
  pt. 
  Latr. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  des 
  Fourm. 
  

   Daceton, 
  Perty, 
  Delect. 
  An. 
  Art. 
  

  

  Sp. 
  I. 
  Daceton 
  armigerum. 
  (PI. 
  XXI. 
  figs. 
  1, 
  2.) 
  

   Formica 
  armigcra, 
  Latr. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Fourm. 
  214, 
  tab. 
  ix. 
  fig. 
  58 
  

  

  (neuter). 
  

   Atlal 
  armigera, 
  Guer. 
  Icon. 
  R. 
  Anim. 
  221, 
  tab. 
  69, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

   Daceton 
  armigerum, 
  Perty, 
  Delect. 
  An. 
  Art. 
  Bras. 
  tab. 
  

   Female. 
  — 
  Pale 
  rufo-testaceous, 
  head 
  heart-shaped, 
  ocelli 
  placed 
  

   in 
  a 
  triangle 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  ; 
  thorax 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  

  

  