448 On new Ants from Australia. 
profile higher than second, rounded evenly at the top, not 
greatly thicker at base than at apex; stem as long as the 
node, with a minute tooth in front below. Second thicker 
than first, more or less globular in appearance. From above, 
the nodes are equally broad, the first and second as broad as 
long, the anterior and posterior borders almost straight and 
parallel. Second node somewhat broader than long, convex 
behind, straight in front. Base of gaster concave. 
Shining; mandibles with a few punctures, clypeus with 
a few longitudinal lines, frontal area with a few striz, which 
continue up to nearly the half of the scape, spreading out- 
wards. Antenual fossz contain a few circular strie. Whole 
of head has widely spaced distinct pits. Thorax with a few 
indistinct points. Base and declivity of epinotum finely 
transversely striate, the sides reticulate. Petiole and gaster 
smooth and shining. 
2. Length 3:7 mm. 
Deialate. Dark castaneous brown, abdomen lighter than 
head and thorax; mandibles, clypeus, antennz, and legs 
pale castaneous. 
Pilosity sparser than in 9. 
Similar to 8 , except for size and sexual differences. 
The head is as broad in front as behind, the sides feebly 
convex, occipital border feebly concave. yes large, 
situated asin &. 
Base of epinotum slightly shorter than declivity, concave 
between the angles, which are more prominent than in 
the 8. Both nodes proportionately broader and shorter 
than in %; the second below broadens out into two angles 
in front ; the first bears a small point beneath as in the 3. 
Gaster long and narrow. 
Shining ; striation of head similar to that of the %, but 
the longitudinal lines continue beyond and spread out over 
the ocelli, leaving a shining space each side of the frontal 
groove, which is well-defined. The clypeus has a few striz 
on central raised portion. ‘The thorax has more abundant 
punctures than in the 8%, and the sides of the petiole and 
nodes are reticulate-striate. Hpinotum transversely striate. 
Swan River, W. Australia (Clark, no. 95). 
Types W.C. C. coll. 
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