JVor/Zi anJ Central Auatrarta. '['^^ 



rratli bears a lon;:^ porp(M»flir.iilar sjtine. Spurs of the two 

 postt'rior pairs of tiliiie viTy small ami slmjjjc. Claw.s with 

 a siii^^le tooth each side. The Hist (or pnst-peliolc) and 

 second se;;nieiits of paster of about equal length, the con- 

 striction between them fairly deep. 



Head, thorax, and node of pedicel coarsely punctured with 

 8hinin<r circular punctures (t)Ot coarsely wrinkled as iii 

 nietdlUcd) ; a few coarse stria3 from the frontal area to vertex. 

 Gaster shining, first segment and anterior half of second 

 sparsely punctured, but not so dee|)Iy as thorax. 



Pilosity almost nil ; a few scatired hairs on antennw, 

 legs, and segment of gaster, the remaining segments ringed 

 with sharp outstanding hairs. 



Retlilish, with a very slight metallic tinge ; mandibles, 

 antenna% and legs paler. 



Staph'ton, X.T., 23. xii. 12. 



A single 5 in a tube containing Euponera (^Brnchtjponera) 

 lutea^ Alayr., var. clira. Under a magnitication of lUO 

 diameters the spurs on the posterior tibiae show no signs of 

 pectination. 



No. 30. Euponera {Bracliyponera) hitea^ Mayr., 

 var. clara, var. n. 



5 . — L. 4*5 mm. 



Slightly smadcr and more elongate than hitea, the 

 mandibles not so deeply punctured, and epinotum rather 

 narrower in front; spurs of middle pair of legs very sparsely 

 pectinate, as in lutea. Gaster more elongate. 



Pale chestnut-ytdlow, sometimes top of head, prothorax, 

 and epinotum slightly darker. 



Stapleton, N.T., 23. xii. 12. 



No. 19. Cerajmchys {Syscia) australis, For. 

 Darwin, N.T., 1. iv. 13. 5 . 



No. 25. Platythyrea parva, sp. n. 



5 . — L. 3-7-1 mm. 



Mandibles finely reticulate-punctate, with one or two 

 larger ])unctnres, armed with eleven irregular teeth, the 

 apical and jireapical longer. Clypeus fair.y convex, with a 

 subaeuminate lobe in front; lateral margins barely visible, 

 posterior clearly maiked. Frontal area indistinct. Eyes 

 medium size, placed well in advance ot the middle of sides. 

 Head longer than broad, slightly narrower in front ; sides 



