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spine, there are also two very short obtuse spines on the verge of 

 the oblique truncation of the metathorax ; the legs ferruginous. 

 Abdomen obscurely rufo-piceous, covered with fine cinereous 

 pile, and sprinkled with long pale hairs ; the scale, viewed side- 

 ways, is wedge-shaped, the upper edge deeply notched, behind 

 transversely striated. 



Hab. Singapore. 



16. PONERA PALLIPES. B.M. 



Male. Length 4 lines. Rufo-testaceous ; the legs, antennae, 

 mandibles and palpi pale testaceous, tips of the joints pale fer- 

 ruginous. Thorax roughly punctured, the metathorax and node 

 of the abdomen rugose ; the first segment of the abdomen sub- 

 petiolate, with a minute tubercle on each side. The wings hya- 

 line, the nervures pale testaceous, the stigma brown. The ab- 

 domen smooth and shining. 



Hab. Java. 



17. PONERA VERSICOLOR. B.M. 



Worker. Length 4% lines. Black, with purple, violet and 

 green tints in different lights : the head deeply striated longitu- 

 dinally? the striaj terminating at the base of the clypeus, the 

 anterior margin of which is subangular ; the mandibles obscurely 

 ferruginous, their inner edge toothed, the teeth being alternately 

 one large and one small, the mandibles finely striated ; the eyes 

 ovate, of moderate size, placed laterally about the middle of the 

 head. Thorax in front with deep circular striae, behind which 

 are a few longitudinal ones on the disk ; the posterior portion 

 obliquely striated, the apex transversely so ; the apical joints 

 of the tarsi and the calcaria ferruginous. The node of the ab- 

 domen incrassate, rounded in front and above, and truncated 

 behind, with two short sharp spines on the verge of the trun- 

 cation, pointing backwards ; the first segment with transverse 

 curved striae. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Sarawak. 



In the ' Catalogue of Ants found in Southern India,' by Mr. 

 T. C. Jerdon, a species, Ponera sculpta, is described as having 

 the whole body curiously sculptured, being channelled and 

 grooved in different directions ; there are, however, three or four 

 very distinct species, curiously sculptured, and the description of 

 P. sculpta is too general to decide which, if any, of those in the 

 Museum Collection are identical with that species. 



