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l<H)tl>. I'MsliK'tiolf lirojuliT tliaii tin- iK-tiolc, luriurr limn broail, Hrnrn'ly 

 broniirr U-liiiul tliitn in fmnt, i-lliptical, with convex liitrral and (Idrnal HurfucfK. 



SliininK; nmntiihios with u few ininuto, Kcnl(«*nHl punclun-N; houd with (ht* 

 rhcH>k8 and antrrior | aUivo sulM)|)a()Uc, lonKitudinnlly niKul<iM> and h|mrK(*ly 

 serially punctat*'; occiput and lower Kurfacc coarsely aiul xparwly piiiwtate 

 and shining. 'I'honix ahovc siniHtth, with small, scaltere«l, |)iiinerou»< jmnc- 

 tures; sides of Ihorux sulM)pa<jue and densely punctate; extrejne l>as<' of first 

 pistrio sejinient shar|>ly striate: n-niainder of l>ody siniH)th an<I shininjt, with 

 indistinct. scattere<l, piliKerous punctures. 



Hairs pale, sparse, of une(|ual leiifith, erect or reelinatf-; on the apiM?ndajj<"s 

 slutrter anil niore appressed. 



Dark castanwms brown; mandibles, tips of sca|M-s, funiculi, trochanters, 

 kntvs, tibial' aiul tarsi n'<l. 



DescriluHl from fotir spec-iiiu'iis takfii at Kuchinj; (Jolm Hewitt i. 



This sj^'cies reseiiildi'S I', ohhnigd siib.sp. larrithonix Kiiicry in 

 sculpture, but is mufh siiiallcr, with narrower head, broader mandibles 

 and longer jx'tiole and postpeliole, and is <iuite different from any of 

 tlie numerous other species of Vollenhovia recently described by 

 Emery, Forel, and Viehmeyer. The genus is difficult, so that the 

 limits of the subspecies and varieties are still to be established on the 

 basis of much more material than has been collected heretofore. 



*93a. Vollenhovia banksi Forel subsp. kuchixgensis, subsp. nov. 

 ]Vorkcr. I^ength I.S-2 nmi. 



Differing from the typical fomi from the Philippines in it^i darker 

 color, the body, femora, and tibiae being dark b^o^^Tl. The meso- 

 epinotal impression is visible, though very feeble; the epinotum has a 

 minute denticle on each side, the antennal scapes are a little shorter 

 and the eyes a little further forward on the head. 



Female (dealated). Length nearly .i mm. 



Resembling the worker, but the rugae on the head arc coarser, more un- 

 dulating, with finely punctate intorrugal spares. The thorax above is coarsely 

 and rather densely punctate, the pronotum somewhat reticulately rugose, the 

 mesonotum smooth in the middle in front, longitudinally rugulose behind, 

 the mesopleurae rather smooth and shining in the middle. The epinotum is 

 coarsely reticulately rugose, the concavity of the declivity transversely rugo.se; 

 the petiole and postjx'tiole above coarsely foveolate. The tips of the anten- 

 nal scapes reach only a little beyond the median transverse diameter of the 

 head. 



