MANN: ANTS OF TIIK HKII'ISII SOLOMON ISLANDS. ' 2S:> 



small. Antcniiao sU-iulrr, 12-joiiitrcl; the .sfii|)e soincwiiut fluttwu'cl at base; 

 joints 8-11 forming a verj^ poorlj' differentiated club. Thorax elongate; un- 

 armed. Protliorax angulate ventrally at sides but without tooth. Pro- 

 mesonotal and mesoi'pinotal sutures strongly impressed. Petiole from above, 

 subglobose; from the side, roundeil above, the anterior surface with a flattened 

 space, anteroventral surfa<'e with flattened triangular sjjinc. First gastric 

 segment a little broader, but shorter than the second, armed anteroventrally. 

 The remaining segments short, somewhat deflected, but not as strongly as in 

 Stietoponera. Legs slender; anterior tibia with strongly pectinate spine; 

 middle and posterior tibiae each with a single long, simple spine. Tarsal 

 claws large, with a distinct pointed tooth basally on the inner surface. 



9. Wheeleripone albicl.vva, sp. nov. 



]]'orkcr. Length 6.5 mm. 



Head a third longer than broad, broadest at occiput; sides slightly convex; 

 occipital border shallowly and narrowly excavated. Frontal carinae very 

 short, their lobes small, flat, as far apart as their distance to sides of head. 

 Basal portion of cljTieus slightly convex, longer than broad; anterior portion 

 fiat, the border evenly rounded. Mandibles large, elongate-triangular, the 

 blades with 10-12 minute, widely separated teeth. Antennae slender, scapes 



Fig. 3. — Wheeleripone albiclava Mann. W orker. 



somewhat flattened basallj', surpassing occipital angles by a distance of less 

 than their width at apex; first flagellar joint shghtly longer than the second 

 and twice as long as broad, second joint a little longer than the third; joints 

 3-7 subequal, subglobose in shape; joints 8-10 each a little larger than the 

 preceding, 9-10 longer than broad; terminal joint slender, a little longer than 



