272 Dr. Matcolm Cameron on 



posteriorly very finely and moderately closely punctured and 

 pubescent, setose, the sides and apex with long black setae, 



Ilab. Woodlands, in rotten logs with Termites. 



Myrmedonota, n. gen. 



Maxillary palpi 4-jointed, the 1st joint small, the 2nd elongate, 

 scarcely thickened towards the apex, the 3rd as long as the preced- 

 ing, slightly widened towards the extremity, the 4th subulate, fully 

 half as long as the 3rd. Tongue short and broad, the anterior border 

 obtusely emarginate, the sides rounded. Labial palpi 3-jointed, the 

 1st joint rather short and stout, the 2nd shorter and narrower, the 

 3rd narrower and longer than the preceding. Imier lobe of the 

 maxilla narrow and elongate, the inner border anteriorh'' feeblj' and 

 sparingly pectinate, posteriorly ciliate; outer lobe longer than the 

 inner, densely ciliate. Mandibles simiile. Gular sutures parallel 

 in front, divergent behind. Temples strongly bordered below. 

 Neck rather narrow. Prosternum broadly rounded behind. Meso- 

 sternum short, truncate posteriorly extending but little between the 

 middle coxae which are widely separated. Metasternal process 

 produced, gradually narrowed to the apex which is rounded and 

 does not reach the mesosternum. Tarsal formula 4, 5, 5; the 

 anterior with the 1st joint short, the 2nd a little longer, equal to 

 the 3rd, the 4th as long as the two preceding together; the middle 

 with the 1st joint moderately long, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th gradually 

 decreasing in length, the 5th as long as the two preceding together, 

 longer than the 1st, the posterior with the 1st joint very little longer 

 than the 2nd, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th gradually decreasing in length, 

 the 5tli shorter than the two preceding together, scarcely as long as 

 the 1st. Abdomen witli the lateral margins not abnormally elevated, 

 nearly parallel, a little narrowed at the apex. Tibiae ciliate. 



This genus is related to OrpJinebivs Motsch., and Myrme- 

 dmiia Er. ; it differs from the former in the parallel-sided 

 alxlomen, the sides of which are not abnormally elevated, 

 and the strongly bordered temples. 



135. Myrmedonota cingulata, n. sp. 



Black or pitchy-black, shining; the first two visible abdominal 

 segments testaceous-yellow; first two joints of the antennae and 

 the legs testaceous, the apices of the femora and the tibiae pitchy. 

 Length 3 mm. 



Head large, transverse, nearly as wide as the thorax, eyes large 



