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foveolae in the narrow intorrupal sj)a(rs on tin- niosonotuni. Dorsal surface 

 of epinotuni, indudinp tho ui)ix>r i)ortion of the declivit}-, witli oxtrpmoly 

 coarse reticulate rugae, sonic of which arc clearly transverse. Petiole above 

 less coarsely antl even more irregularly rugose. Postpetiole and gaster very 

 finely and densely punctate, w ith suptTiniposeil small, sparse, and very regular 

 piligerous punctures. 



Hairs grayish brown, short, rather abundant, erect on the head, thorax, and 

 petiole, mostly subappressed or oblique on the postpetiole, gaster, and legs. 

 Antennal funiculi with very short, fine hairs, or pubescence. Wings minutely 

 hain,-. 



Black; mantliblcs, antennae, legs, and ti]) of gaster reddish brown, the tarsi 

 slightly paler, ^^'ings grayish hyaline, with slightly infuscatcd tips and 

 anterior margin; veins sharply defined, brown ; pterostigma dark brown. 



Describetl from four specimens taken l)y Mr. Jolin Hewitt at 

 Knching in lOOS. Ti/pi.— lSL C. Z. 8,940. ' 



I lia\ e described this male in detail and given it a name, although 

 in closely resembles the male of M. grccnl Forel from Ceylon, described 

 from a mature pupa, because no adult winged male of the genus has 

 been described. The Bornean specimens may belong to a different 

 species, possibly M. saiti/^ri Forel of Formosa or M. hakcri Wheeler 

 of the Philippines, both known only from females. It can hardly 

 be the male of the only other known species of Metapone, M. vijbbergi 

 Forel of Queensland. The four specimens of M. Jiewitti have been 

 in my collection for many years and were placed provisionally with 

 Cataulacus. Forel's very careful description and figures (Rev. Suisse 

 zool., 1911, 19, pi. 14) finally enabled me to recognize them as ]\Ieta- 

 pone males. Forel is, I believe, in error in stating that the antennae 

 of the male .V. grcnu are 11 -jointed. He has apparently overlooked 

 the second funicular joint. As Green has shown, the species of this 

 extraordinary genus nest in decayed branches. He found the types 

 of M . grcnii and their larvae in company with termites. 



48. Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon). 



Eciton nigrum Jerdon, Madras journ. lit. sci., 1851, 17, p. 112, S . 

 Tetraponera atrnta .'^mith, Ann. mag. nat. hist., 18.52, ser. 2, 9, p. 44, ^ ; 



Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. soc. London. Zool., 1857, 2, p. 70, 9 . 

 P»endomyrma nigra Smith, Cat. Hymenop., Brit, mus., 1858, 6, p. 159, U • 

 Pieudomyrwa alrala Smith, ibid. p. 159. 

 Pfevdomyrn.a carbonaria Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. soc. London Zool., 1863, 



7, p. 20, S 9 . 

 Sima nigra Emer\' in Dalla Torre, Cat. Hymenop., 1893, 7, p. 54. 



