404 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions 



the clypeus with a sharp central longitudinal carina ; the 

 mandibles aciculate and punctured. Thorax : armed an- 

 teriorly with two stout divergent spines ; the mesothorax 

 has on each side a short stout spine, which curves out- 

 wardly and inclines backwards ; the metathorax with two 

 short, stout, blunt spines. Abdomen : the peduncle termi- 

 nates above in two divergent, acute, curved spines, which 

 are inclined over the base of the abdomen, which is highly 

 polished and shining. 



Hah. — Hiogo. 



This species is most closely allied to P. hellicosus ; in 

 the British Museum are specimens of the species from 

 Hong Kong. 



Genus Tapinoma, Foerst. 



1. Tapinoma Jlavipes. v 



Female. — Length 2 lines. Fuscous, opaque, sericeous. 

 AntennjB bright yellow, 12-jointed; ocelli placed back- 

 ward on the vertex, the posterior pair situated at its pos- 

 terior margin. Thorax short and ovate ; wings subhy- 

 aline, with a fulvous tinge ; with one large marginal cell 

 and one submarginal, the discoidal cells obsolete ; legs of 

 a bright golden-yellow. Abdomen oblong-ovate ; petiole 

 small and inclined forwards. 



Worker. — Length 1 line. Yellow and shining; the 

 head and posterior half of the abdomen somewhat fuscous ; 

 the scale of the abdomen inclined forwards. 



Hah. — HioffO. 



Fam. PONERID^. 

 Genus PoNERA, Latr. 



1. Ponera solitaria. 



Worker.^Length 2 lines. Black, slightly shining, 

 and having a thin grey pile ; the apex of the scape, the 

 flagellum, and the legs ferruginous ; the mandibles ferru- 

 ginous, and denticulate on the inner margin ; the meta- 

 thorax compressed, subcarinate longitudinally above, and 

 obliquely truncate behind ; the node of the peduncle in- 

 crassate, its superior margin rounded ; the apical segments 

 of the abdomen pale rufo-testaceous. 



Hah. — Hiogo. 



