98 HYMENOPTERA. 



52. PONERA L^EVIGATA. B.M. 



Worker. Length 4 lines. Jet-black, highly polished and im- 

 punctate : the tibiae, tarsi, antennae and mandibles ferruginous, 

 the antennae more or less dusky ; the mandibles with seven or 

 eight fine teeth, and very smooth and shining. Thorax elongate ; 

 the metathorax obliquely truncate, the sides finely striated. 

 Abdomen: a deep strangulation between the first and second 

 segments, the apex rufo-piceous ; the node of the peduncle in- 

 crassate, elevated to the height of the first segment, and rounded 

 above ; the abdomen thinly sprinkled with pale hairs. 



Hab. Brazil (Ega.) (Coll. H. W. Bates.) 



53. PONERA PALLIPES. B.M. 



Female. Length 6 lines. Black : covered with a fine silky 

 cinereous pile and scattered pale hairs; the mandibles ferrugi- 

 nous, the anterior margin of the face obscurely so ; the antennae 

 dark rufo-piceous ; the legs pale ferruginous ; the wings flavo- 

 hyaline, the nervures pale testaceous ; the mandibles porrect, 

 slightly curved downwards, with their inner margin serrated ; the 

 anterior margin of the face angular, with short striae, particularly 

 the central portion, the central point blunt. Abdomen elongate ; 

 a slight strangulation between the first and second segments ; the 

 node of the peduncle incrassate, rounded above, truncate before 

 and behind. 



Hab. Brazil (Para). 



54. PONERA MORDAX. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. Black : the antennae and legs 

 fusco-ferruginous, the joints of the legs and the tarsi palest- 

 Head longitudinally and strongly striated; the mandibles curved, 

 of nearly'equal width, their apex rounded, their inner margin 

 denticulate ; the clypeus slightly depressed in the middle, with 

 the anterior margin slightly emarginate. Thorax ovate; the 

 prothorax, mesothorax, and the base of the metathorax, stri- 

 ated longitudinally, the truncation of the latter transversely stri- 

 ated ; the node of the abdomen transversely striated and subglo- 

 bose ; the first and second segments longitudinally and more 

 finely striated than the head and thorax, the following segments 

 smooth, shining and rufo-piceous. 



Worker. Rather smaller than the female, similarly sculptured 

 except the second segment of the abdomen, which is only striated 

 at the base, the apical half being smooth and shining. 



Hab. Rio. (Coll. Rev. Hamlet Clark.) 



