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the cpinotum and pctiolar node less conspicuous tlian on other i)arts; pronotum 

 with two long, erect hairs. 



Color ferruginous throughout; legs lighter than the rest. 



San Cristoval: Wai-ai. Ysabcl: Fulakora. 



Described from workers taken with larvae from a small colon\' in a 

 rotten log. 



This is the only fonn of this species described from the Papuan region ; 

 a female of an undetermined species from New Guinea has been re- 

 corded by Emery, and other species undoubtedly occur there, as E. 

 viclanaria Emery with its subspecies is found in the Oriental and 

 ^Malayan regions and occurs also in Australia. 



Euponcra papuana is sharply distinct from the related species in the 

 very long, depressed epinotum, with the longitudinal impression at the 

 apical part of base. It is much larger than rubra F. Smith from Singa- 

 pore and Java, and more slender than mclanaria subsp. australis Forel, 

 from Australia. 



16a. EuPOXERA (Brachtpoxera) luteipes Mayr, var. crocei- 



CORXIS Emery. 



Term, fuzet, 1900, 23, p. 315, y . 



Ysabel : Fulakora . 



Several workers were found beneath bark. 



17a. Eupoxera (Trachymesopus) stigma Fabricius, var. cuadri- 

 dextata (F. Smith). 



Ponera quadridentata F. Smith, Journ. proc. Linn. soc. London. ZooL, 1859, 

 3, p. 143. 



Santa Cruz: Graciosa Ba^-. San Cristoval: Wai-ai, Pamua, W ainoni 

 Bay. Ugi: Pawa. Malaita: Auki. Florida: Tulagi. New Georgia: 

 Lambeti. Rubiana Lagoon. Ysabel: Fulakora. 



This is as common throughout the Solomons as the typical form is 

 in the Neotropical region. Both species nest in small colonies in 

 rotten wood or beneath bark. 



