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HYMENOPTERA. 



margin rouiuled and entire; the second node subglobose ; the 

 abdomen ovate, with the base truncate. 



The male and female not known. 



The characters of this genus are nearly those of the genus 

 (Ecoplithoru with the exception of the number of joints of the 

 antennae, which is 10: in (Ecophthora they are 12; in both 

 genera the mandibles are without teeth in the large-headed indi- 

 viduals (soldiers). The club of the flagellum is only 2-jointed 

 in the present genus : in CEcophthora it has 3 joints. 



1. SOLENOPSIS MANDIBULARIS. B.M. 



Solenopsis mandibularis, Westw. Ann. &• Mag. Nat. Hist vi 87 

 (1841), pi. 2. f. 5^a-5o. 



Hab. South America. 



Genus 5. CAREBARA. 

 Carebara, Westw. Ann. 4- Mag. Nat. Hist. vi. 86 (1841). 



Head small, much narrower than the thorax; eyes ovate, 

 placed high on the sides of the head ; antenna^ short; "the flagel- 

 lum .^^jointed, the basal joint as long as the two following, the 

 joints from the second, gradually increasing in length and tliick- 

 ness, not having a distinct club ; mandibles short, stout, widen- 

 ing to their apex, which is oblique and dentate ; maxillary palpi 

 .'i-jointed, labial palpi 2-jointed. Thorax ovate, very convex 

 above ; wings amjjle, the anterior pair with one marginal, two 

 submarginal and one discoidal cell ; the intermediate and poste- 

 rior tibiae destitute of spines at their apex, the anterior tibia; with 

 a single calcar or spine. Abdomen very large, ovate, much wider 

 than the thorax. 



The above characters are those of the female, the workers are 

 not known. 



1. Carebara lignata. PI. X. figs. 12-15. 



Carebara lignata, JVestw. Ann. &■ Mag. Nat. Hist. vi. 8(3 (1841) 

 pi. 6. f. 6 ? . 



Hob. Java. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



The male of this species is in the collection of the East India 

 House, it closely resembles the female, and is of a reddish-yellow, 

 with the wings dark fuscous ; the antennae yellow, elongate and 

 13-jointed. 



2. Carebara castanea. B.M. 

 Female. Length 3h lines. — Dark chestnut-brown, smooth. 



