88 Mr. W. C. Crawley on new and 
anterior border flattened. In profile it is cubic, with a very 
short peduncle bearing a sharp tooth beneath ; ‘it is slightly 
higher in front, where it descends vertically to the peduncle ; 
second node nearly twice as wide as first, shorter and broader 
than in pilosula. Ocelli distinet. 
Mandibles shining, with a few small punctures on the outer 
border, and large ones along the line of the teeth. Entire 
head coarsely longitudinally rugose, the rugee becoming 
broken near the occiput. Pronotum with semicircular rugze, 
the central ones becoming ljongitudinal. Mesonotum less 
coarsely and more irregularly longitudinally rugose ; epinotum 
coarsely transversely rugose ; first node with coarse irregular 
rugee, second and oaster without rugee. In addition, there is 
a fine reticulate ground-sculpture on the whole un 
8 minor. Length (without mandibles) 9°5 mm. ; length of 
mandibles 1°5 mm. 
More slender than § major. Similarly coloured, but not 
so bright ; the mesonotum is nearly black, and the ‘epinotum 
darker than in the % major, and the black band on postpetiole 
covers nearly half the node. Scapes almost reach the occipital 
border. Ocelli distinct. Pilosity and pubescence similar to 
that of the & major; sculpture similar, but finer. 
2% B, Townsville, Queensland, July 1902 (F. P. Dodd). 
Types in my collection. 
Group ptlosula.—Coloured somewhat like the race medio- 
rubra, For., but the scapes are shorter and the mandibles dark, 
not yellow as in medwrubra. The sculpture is coarser than 
in pelosula. 
Rhytidoponera reticulatum, For. 
¢S (hitherto undescribed). Length 7°0 mm. 
Bright castaneous, shining ; nega des and teeth of mandibles 
darker. 
A short and fine pilosity scattered over whole body; legs 
with exserted hairs, underside of scape with a row of similar 
hairs, funiculi hairy, with both exserted hairs and pubescence. 
Mandibles broad, with numerous small teeth. Clypeus 
arched, the anterior border convex. Head narrowed behind 
eyes, which are large and prominent, occupying more than 
three-quarters of sides of head. Scape two-thirds as long as 
second joint of funiculus, which is the longest joint. First 
joint as brond as long; third, fourth, and filth subequal, 
thence diminishing gradually to the apical, which is half as 
long again as the penultimate. 
