•2:V2 :\lr. W. 0. Oiawley on Ants from 



sliade cannot ho tlotiMniinod. oMi'nibianes dark, the hinder 

 edge of the pla;:;iopata;;"iuni and iutcrfemoral with an incon- 

 spicuous li^lit line. 



Skull with a quite unusually swollen brain-case, the inter- 

 orbital region also very broad and rounded, so that the 

 " waist " of the skull is less marked than usual. 



Teeth about as in P. mimus. Outer incisor just equal to 

 the well-developed secondary cusj) of the inner. P^ about 

 two-thirds the area oft- ; canine and ji>* nearly but not quite 

 touching each other external to it. 



Dimensions of the ty|)e (measured on the spirit-speci- 

 men) : — 



Forearm 30 mm. 



Head and body 39; tail 30; ear 0; tragus on inner 

 edge 3, breadth 1'6 ; third finger, metacarpus 28'5, first 

 phalanx 11 ; fifth finger, metacarpus 27'5, first phalanx 7*3; 

 tibia 11*5 ; hind foot 5'7. 



►Skull : greatest length 11*3 ; median length 10 ; condyle 

 to frotit of canine 10'2 ; zygomatic breadth 8; intertemporal 

 breadth 3*8 ; breadth of brain-case 6*3 ; height of brain-case 

 from basion 4*5 ; front of canine to back of in^ 3*8 ; front of 

 jj* to back of 771^ 2*5. 



JIab. Assam. Type from Gauhati. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 13. 3. 14. 1. Collected 

 by Mr. S. V\ . Kemp. Presented by the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta. 



This species, which equals the common Indian pygmy bat, 

 P. niivms, in the reduced extent of its tooth-row^ differs from 

 that, as from its other allies, by its unusually inflated skull. 



XVIII, — Ants from North and South- West Australia ((9. F. 

 Jlill, Rowland Turner) and Christmas Island, Straits 

 Settlements.— Fait II. By W. C. CrawLEY, B.A. 



I. Subfam. FoNHitiNjE. 

 Myrmecia sanguinea, Sm. 

 Yalliiigup, S.W. Australia {Rowland Turner). ^ . 



Euponera [Brachyponera) lutea, Mayr. 

 Yallingup. 



No. 89. Piliytldoponcra, (s. i^.iv.) flava, sp. n. 

 o . — L. S mm. 



