Jt' i\Ir. W. C. (^awley ow 



base* of the inner zoa^ciuni ; (/)) lias the oarinstomo proximal to 

 the zou'cia ; (c) has a runnel-sliapedoeeciostonie fairly near to 

 a series; (d) tiie ocvciostome is not visible, the projecting 

 tube is /(Hvcial. There has been hardly any restoration, 

 tiiough some of the ends of the zooecia are broken. From 

 Capri. 



7*V«/. 3. Lbiiuuea serpens, X about 2. From St. Raphael. 



Fiff. 4. hhtxmea meneijhviii, Hell., X 12. Ovicell. From Naples. 



Fiij. 5. Lhnonea serpens, Dia^r. Showing selvage. 



Fiff. 6. I<l>nonea philippsce, llArmcY, X 12. From Mentone. 



Fiff. 7. Limonea sp., X 12. With three broad ovicells. 



Fiff. 8. Idmonen serpens, X 12. From St. Kapliael. 



Fi(j. 0. Idnionea perhaps atlrintica, I. From Faraglione, Capri. 



Fig. 10. Idvionea serpens, X 12. With two onjciostomes. From Naples. 



Fiij. 11. Idnwnea " concdL'a," X 12. From Naples. 



The figures are only sketches, so as to i-educe expenses, but it is hoped 

 that they fully explain the structure. 



II. — New Ants from Australia. 

 By W. C. Chawley, B.A., F.E.S., F.R.M.S. 



[Concluded from vol. ix. p. 449.] 



Solenopsis claRki, sp. n. 



5 (major). Lenotli 1-8 ram. 



Yellow ; teeth of mandibles dark brown, and an in- 

 distinct band across tlie apical third of gaster brown. Body 

 witli moderately long yellow pilosity. Antennae and legs 

 abundantly provided with stiff erect hairs. Clypeus with 

 long hairs. 



Head as long as broad, the sides parallel up to tlie hinder 

 third wlierethey converge sliglitly, forming rounded occipital 

 angles ; occipital border widely concave. Eyes small, about 

 "045 mm. in longest diameter, placed at the anterior one- 

 (juarter of sides of head. Mandibles with four teeth, the 

 apical large, the two following less large and subeqnal, the 

 third set far back and small. Clypeus of ordinary form, the 

 carinae ending in small teeth. Frontal area deeply impressed. 

 Scapes reach just beyond two-thirds of the distance from 

 tlieir base to the occiput. The 2-jointed club longer than 

 the rest of funiculus ; the remaining joints of funiculus all 

 broader than long and subequal, except the joint next to the 

 club, which is longer and broader. 



'J'horax in profile slightly incised at mesoepinotal suture. 

 Base of epinotum feebly convex, more than twice as long as 



