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on other insects and probably does much to keep in control cer- 
tain noxious forms of insect life. On Makuluva this ant was com- 
mon under the loose and dried bark of dead trees. On one occa- 
sion I found eight or ten individuals Conperatee in the carrying 
of a good-sized longicorn beetle. 
At Tamavua a moderate-sized black ant was found in abundance 
on tree ferns. It had the peculiar habit of holding the abdomen 
bent forward over the thorax while at rest, but when running it 
was carried in the usual manner. 
