ueiv Ants from Austral/a. 33 



Canxponotm (^Myrmoplnjma) lownei, Forel. 



(J (liitherto undescrihed). Length 4*5 mm. 



Blank ; mandibles, funiculi, and tarsi yellow-brown ; win^^s 

 yellowish. 



Hody with a scanty pilosity, most abundant on {i^astcr. 



Mead as lonj; as broad, widest just beiiind eyes, which 

 are prominent and just behind the middle of sides. Behind 

 eyes rounded, in front of eyes narrow, the sides slightly 

 converging. Mandibles flat, the points crossing when 

 closed, masticatory border edentate, shar|), with a blunt 

 apical point. Clypeus rounded, the anteiior border im- 

 pressed and slightly projecting, feebly convex. Antennie 

 long, the scapes passing tlie occipital border by nearly half 

 their length. All joints of funiculus longer than broad, 

 2 and 3 subequal, the rest diminishing in lengtii to the 

 apical. 



Thorax largo, scutum almost overhanging the head ; 

 epinotum convex transversely, in profile the base feebly 

 convex. Scale from above more than twice as wide as long, 

 strai;;ht in front, convex beiiiud ; in profile twice as high as 

 thick, the top blunt. Squamula broad and rounded, stipes 

 long and tapering, generally similar to the genitalia of 

 C. clurijjts, r. minima, but volsella less spatulate, the lateral 

 process thicker, and the sagittae longer, as long or longer 

 than the stipites. 



Shining ; whole body, including antennae and legs, super- 

 ficially reticulate; on tlie head and thorax the sculpture 

 forms a complete network, ou the scale and gaster it takes a 

 transverse direction. 



? (hitherto undescribed). Length 8*0 ram. 



Dark brown, almost black ; antenuse brown, rims of 

 gastric segments testaceous, legs yellow, tibiae and tarsi 

 darker. Wings yellow-brown, uervures brown. Body with 

 stiff erect hairs, most abundant on gaster, and also small 

 adherent hairs. 



Head very slightly longer than broad, widest at occiput, 

 whose border is nearly straight and angles square. Sides of 

 head straight, converging slightly in front. Eyes flat, 

 behind middle. Scapes pass occiput by not quite their 

 thickness. Front swollen. Mandibles thick, with five to 

 six teeth. Clypeus bluntly carinatc, the anterior border 

 sinuate, with a blunt projection at each extremity of the 

 curve. Frontal carinae widely divided and sigmoid. Base 

 of epinotum short, the curve rounded, the first third of 



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