VOLLEiNHOVIA. 213 



Myrmica consternens, Walker, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, iv (1859), p. 374. 

 Myrmica obscurata, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi, 2, 1863 



p. 16. 

 Myrmica pallinodis, Motsch. I. c. 



Genus VOLLENHOVIA. 



Myrmica, pt, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. vi (1861), p. 46, . 

 Vollenhovia, Mayr, Novara Reise, Formicid. 1865, p. 21, $. 



Type, F. punctatostriata, Mayr, from Java and Borneo. 



Range. Indo-Malayan region. 



$ . Head somewhat square, transverse or very slightly eniar- 

 inate posteriorly, the posterior lateral angles 'not prominent ; 

 mandibles triangular, strong, the masticatory margin dentate; 

 clypeus narrow, the medial portion produced back between the 

 bases of the antennae, bicarinate, with a medial somewhat broad 

 longitudinal groove ; frontal area very small, acutely triangular ; 

 antennal carinae short, somewhat wide apart ; antennae 11-jointed, 



Fig. 76. Vollenhovia levithorax, $ . 



short and thick, the club of the flagellum formed of the apical 

 three joints; eyes moderate. Thorax somewhat depressed and 

 flat above, broad, anteriorly constricted at the meso-metanotal 

 suture, which is well-marked and very distinct ; pro-mesonotal 

 suture obsolete ; metanotum unarmed, slightly compressed, the 

 basal portion level, passing by a rounded gradual curve into 

 the apical portion. Legs short and robust. Pedicel short, the 

 nodes subglobose, unarmed, large, not or very broadly petiolate 

 anteriorly ; abdomen elongate, oval, not broader than the thorax. 

 $ . Very similar to the $ . " Anterior wing with an open 

 radial, and a cubital and discoidal cell " (Mayr). 



247. Vollenhovia levithorax, Einery, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvii 



),p.501, . 



. Dark brown, shining, the head anteriorly, the antennae, 

 legs and abdomen lighter brown ; pilosity yellowish, sparse ; 

 pubescence fairly abundant on the head, antennae and tarsi. 

 Head square, longitudinally striate and opaque; mandibles, 



