tteio A II fs from .1 «>•//•,<//./. 2.'J 



flic first is widely concave, the second higher than the 

 first. 



Mandibles striate with a few grooves. Head matt, the 

 centre of clypeus, the frontal area, and a strip extending; 

 thence to the ocelli moderately shining. Rest of head 

 longitndinally roujjheneii. Thorax similar, hut more shiiiiri;^. 

 Base of e[)inotnm faintly longitudinally striate, the declivitv 

 smooth; nodes ahnost entirely smooth. (Jaster smooth anil 

 shining. 



(rcnitalia : whole organ short and broad; stipes binnt, 

 the tip abundantly pilose ; vulsella flat and thin, the lateral 

 process opposing a concavity in the organ. Stipes, volsell;e, 

 and sagittic snbequal in length. 



Perth, W.A. (Clark, no. 36). 



Types W. C. C. coll. 



Crematogaster nifotestacea, Mayr. 



? (hitherto undescribed). Length 7'5 mm. 



Head dark brown, thorax less dark, legs yellow, gaster 

 bright castaneous. Pilosity more abundant than in the $ . 

 Wings tinged with yellow. 



Club of antennie 2- or 3-jointed (2-jointed in ^ ), apical 

 joint very slightly longer than the other two taken together. 

 Scape barely reaches the occipital border. Mandibles with 

 five teeth (only four in $ ). 



The clypeus, which in the $ (as pointed out by Forel, 

 Hev. Suisse Zool. x. 2, 1902, p. 412) has its anterior border 

 produced in a bidentate lobe, has a similar lobe, but merely 

 concave. Kpinotal spiucs mere teeth. 



Mandibles striate ; clypeus striate at sides only. Striation 

 of head as in 5 , but coarser. Thorax smooth and shining, 

 petiole striate at sides. 



(^ (hitherto undescribed). Length 4*0 mm. 



lirownish black ; tip of gaster brown ; mandibles, clvpeus, 

 and legs yellowish brown, tarsi [)alest ; antenn;e pale yellowish 

 grey. Nervures of wing yellow. 



Mandibles long and narrow, with three teeth. Clypeus 

 high and rounded, the anterior border with a narrow rounded 

 projection. There is a short depression between the clypeus 

 and the anterior ocellus. 



Head broader than long, ey(>s large, placed in front of the 

 middle of the sides, of whieh they occupy more than one-half. 

 Scape as long as the first two joints of the funiculus, the 

 first joint broader than the scape, longer than broad, sceoud 



