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Mr. W. C. Crawley on 



declivity convex, the rest concave. Scale broad and oval, 

 bluntly }H)iuted. 



Mandibles and whole of head witli scattered snperficial 

 pnnctures. Thorax with fewer pnnctures, declivity with 

 more, gaster with none. Whole l)ody has a reticulate 

 ground-sculpture similar to that of the $ . 



Beenup, W.A. {Clark, uo. 166), 5 <? ? . 



Types AV. C. C. coll. 



Camponotus {Myrmof/onia) tumidus, sp. u. (Fig. 17.) 



5 major. Length 9"0 mm. 



Dark brown, nearly black ; funiculi, cheeks, tibiae, and 

 tarsi russet-brown, rest of legs yellow or light caataneous. 



Pilosity sparse, none on scapes or upper surface of tibiae; 

 underside of tibiae bears a row of spike-hairs. 



Head thick, vertex swollen, as long as broad, widest at 

 eyes, which are placed just below the middle of sides ; ocelli 

 distinct. Occipital border widely concave. Mandibles 



Fio-. 17. 



^ minor. 

 Profile of thorax of Camponotus {Myrmogonia) f.umidus. 



thick and short, with six teeth ; clypeus bluntly carinate, its 

 anterior third depressed ; lobe short, the anterior border 

 crenate. Scapes barely pass the occiput. Frontal carinae 

 short, curved, not diverging behind. Frontal groove reaches 

 the anterior ocellus. 



Pronotum broader than long, sub-bordered, evenly 

 rounded in front. Mesonotum marked by two transverse 

 impressions. lu profile the base of epinotum is very short, 

 the declivity descending abruptly, the fij'st half straight, the 



