406 Mr. W. F. Kirby on the 
PoneERINae.. 
15. Lobopelta diminuta. 
Ponera diminuta, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. p. 89 (1858). 
Zamboanga, Philippines, Feb. 1875. 
Widely distributed in the Eastern Archipelago, but not 
previously recorded from the Philippines. 
16. Paraponera clavata. 
Formica clavata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 394 (1775). 
Bahia, Sept. 1873. 
17. Typhlopone punctata. 
Typhlopone punctata, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B, M. vi. p. 112 (1858). 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Mvyrurcinz. 
18. Aphenogaster hostilis. 
Atta hostilis, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. p. 165 (1858). 
Simon’s Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 1873. 
Smith describes the female and the worker minor. The 
pair in the ‘ Challenger’ collection agree with a series from 
Natal, which I take to belong to the worker major. ‘They 
are much darker than the small specimens; but the workers 
of this genus differ very much in colour. 
19. Atta abdominalis. 
Gcodoma abdominalis, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. p. 184 (1858). 
Bahia, Sept. 1873. 
FOSsSORES. 
Mutillide. 
20. Mutilla diadema. 
Mutiilla diadema, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. p. 811 (1787). 
Bahia, Oct. 1873. 
Scoliide. 
21. Dielis Wallacet. 
Male.—Exp. al. 12 lin. 
Black ; abdomen with a steel-blue lustre, the greater part 
