144 Hn.i.KriN: miskim of comparativk zoology. 



of the club together. Thorax 2i times as long as broad, parallel-sided, dis- 

 tinctly narrower than the head, flattened above; pronotum, excluding the 

 neck, about as long as the mesonotum; base and declivity of epinotum forming 

 nearly a right angle in profile, the declivity slightly concave. Petiole, post^ 

 petiole, and gaster together but little longer than the thorax, the petiole trun- 

 cated anteriorly and jjostoriorly, higher than long, from above broader than 

 long and broader behintl than in front, with rounded dorsal and lateral sur- 

 faces, its ventral surface in front with a blunt, compressed tooth. Postpetiole 

 rather strongly constricted behind, its anteroventral surface with an acute, 

 downwardly directed tooth. Sting long and compre.ssed. 



Smooth and shining; head, thorax, and abdomen with small, sparse, incon- 

 spicuous, piligerous punctures. 



Hairs yellow, bristly, pointed, of uneven length; sparser on the body and 

 legs, suberect on the former, oblique on the latter; more abundant but short 

 on the antennae. 



Deep red; antennae, legs, and mandibles slightly yellowish red. Wings 

 uniformly brown, with dark brown veins and conspicuous black pterostigma. 



Described from a single specimen. 



This does not seem to be the female of any of the described species, 

 nearly all of which are known only from worker specimens. It is 

 evidently most closely related to the Papuan T. laevigata Emery, the 

 female of which is still to be discovered. 



8. DORYLUS LAEVIGATUS (Smith) cf . (A7ite, p. 61). 

 9. Tetraponera attenuata Smith S 9 cf • (Ante, p. 65). 



10. Tetraponera difficilis Emery (?) 9 • (Ante, p. 65). 



11. Tetraponera pilosa (Smith) ^ 9. (Ante, p. 65). 



12. ^Iyrmicaria arachnoides (Smith) subsp. melanogaster Emery 



9 . {Arite, p. 71). 



13. Vollenhovia rufiventris Forel 9 . (Ante, p. 79). 



*14. Vollenhovia oblonga Smith var. (?) 9 . 



15. Pristomyrmex trachylissus (Smith) 9 . (Ante, p. 86). 



*16a. Paratopula, gen. nov. ceylonica (Emery) var. sumatrensls 



(Forel) 9. 



I have received all three phases of this ant from the Philippines 

 (F. X. Williams). The typical form of the species, originally described 



