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typical form. The pubescence on the head and thorax seems to be somewhat 

 finer and more dilute. 



The male agrees very closely with Forel's description of the typical form 

 and with specimens of the subsp. haivaiiensis in my collection. 



Several workers and two males. The typical form of the species was 

 described from the island of Reunion and has also been recorded from the 

 Seychelles, Chagos, Nicobars and Pemba Island, East Africa. The subsp. ben- 

 galensis Forel was described from India, the subsp. ngasiyana Forel from the 

 Grand Comoro, the var. amia Forel from Formosa and China and the subsp. 

 hawaiiensis Forel from Hawaii. There are at least two undescribed forms of 

 the species from the Philippines in my collection. — Easter Island. 



