HYMENOPTERA. 83 



of the antennae are much shorter, and the abdomen is gra- 

 nulated, the base bemg coarsely punctured. Whether either 

 of the two species last described is the saltator of Jerdon it 

 is impossible to determine satisfactorilv ; he says, " abdomen 

 very long ; sting large ; head and abdomen blackish-brown j 

 thorax and legs rufous." The abdomen in both of the new 

 species is short. 



Genus 3. PONERA. 



Formica, pt., Latr. Hist. Nut. Foiirm. 195 (1802). 

 Ponera, Lafr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 128 (1804). 



Maxillary palpi 2-jointed (in the European species) : 4-jointed 

 (in most exotic ones) ; the labial palpi 2-jointed ; ocelli obsolete 

 in the workers ; ejes present in all the sexes (in the European 

 species the workers are destitute of eyes). The scale of the ]ie- 

 tiole thickened, nodiform, the first segment of the abdomen more 

 or less constricted. Females and workers furnished with a 

 sting. Anterior wings with one marginal, two complete submar- 

 ginal cells, and one discoidal cell. 



Species of Europe. (Sp. 1-3.) 



1. P0NER.\ CONTRA CTA. PL VI. figS. 9-12. B.M. 



Formica contracta, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 195. t. 7- f. 40. 



Fahr. Syst. Piez.A\0. 58. 

 Ponera contracta, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 128. 



St. Fare/. Hym. i. 195. 8. 



Steph. 'ill. Brit. Ent. Supp. 15. t. 42. f. 2. 



Foerst. Hym. Stud. Form. 45. 



Schenck, Nass. Ameis. 72. 



Smith, Brit. Form. 113. 



Mayr. Form. Austr. 116. 



Nylund. Form. Fr. et Alger. 75. 1. 



Hab. Europe ; Madeira. 



2. Ponera quadrinotata. 



Ponera quadrinotata, Losann. Form. Piem. 320. 

 Mayr. Form. Austr. 117 (note). 

 Nyland. Form. Fr. et d' Alger. 7G (note). 



Hab. Europe. 



3. Ponera ochr.\cea. 



Ponera ochracea, Mayr. Form. Austr. 118. 

 Nyland. Form. Fr. et d' Alger. 76 (note). 



Hab. Italy. 



