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and tarsi obscurely fusco-ferruginous ; wings fusco-hyaline, the 

 nervures testaceous. Abdomen ovate ; the node of the peduncle 

 compressed above, its superior margin rounded and deeply 

 notched in the middle. 

 Hab. Cape of Good Hope. (Coll. Frederick Smith.) 



29. PONERA ATTENUATA. 



Worker. Length 3 lines. Shining-black : narrow,, elon- 

 gate, smooth and impunctate. The antennae fusco-ferruginous, 

 palest towards their apex; the mandibles and face anteriorly 

 rufo-testaceous. The tarsi and articulations of the legs rufo- 

 testaceous; the thorax strangulated in the middle, compressed 

 posteriorly. Abdomen strangulated between the first and second 

 segments ; the posterior margins of the segments rufo-testaceous. 

 Hab. Cape of Good Hope. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



30. PONERA /ETHIOPICA. PI. VI. figs. 19, 20. B.M. 



Worker. Length 8 lines. Black : the head and thorax opake, 

 the abdomen shining ; the mandibles ferruginous, with the base 

 black, their apex acute, the inner margin not toothed. Thorax 

 rounded and swollen in front, compressed behind ; the anterior 

 tarsi clothed with ferruginous pubescence beneath ; the extreme 

 apex of the femora and the tibiae and tarsi obscurely rufo- 

 piceous. Abaomen ovate, slightly constricted at the apex of 

 the first segment ; the node of the peduncle compressed, much 

 elevated, rounded in front and truncate behind ; the truncation 

 slightly curved, the apex acute above ; the extreme apex of the 

 abdomen and the apical margins of two or three of the basal 

 segments narrowly rufo-piceous. 

 Hab. South Africa. 



31. PONERA CAFFRARIA. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. Black : head rather wider than 

 the thorax, oblong, with the eyes placed forwards on the sides, 

 opposite to the insertion of the antennae, behind emarginate, 

 the posterior angles rounded; the mandibles and apex of the 

 antennae ferruginous. Thorax oblong-ovate, about the same 

 length as the head, measuring to the tip of the mandibles ; the 

 wings fusco-hyaline, the nervures testaceous; the legs fusco- 

 ferruginous, sometimes clear ferruginous. Abdomen ovate, about 

 the same width as the head, the apex pale rufo-testaceous ; the 

 node of the peduncle compressed, the superior margin rounded ; 

 very similar to the scale of a Formica, being flattened, but 

 broadest at the base. 

 Hab. Port Natal. 



