MANN: ANTS OF TIIK HUITISII SOLOMON ISLANDS. 3G9 



103. Camponotus (IMyrmottrba) maculatus Fahriciu^t, suhsp. 

 NOVA holla.\ul\k Mtivr, var. papua Eiiutv. 



Lorentz's Nova Gviinea, 1911, 9, p. 256, Ql. 



Santa Cruz: Graciosa Bay. San Cristoval: Wai-ai, Wainoni 

 Bav. Ysahel: Fulakora. 



103a. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Fabr., subsp. 

 sanctae crucis, subsp. nov. 



Soldier. Length 7.5-8 mm. 



Head short and broad, slightly narrowed in front; broadly but verj- shal- 

 lowly excised posteriorly, posterior corners rather prominent. Mandibles 

 stout, 6-toothed. Ch-peus broadly rounded 

 at anterior border. Antennae slender, their 

 scapes extending about one fifth their length 

 past the occipital corners. 



Shining; finely shagreened. Mandibles 

 shining, punctate, and striate apically. Cly- 

 peus, front, and cheeks with coarse piligerous 

 punctures. 



Hairs yellow, erect, and sparse, long on 

 body, shorter on head; very sparse on 

 appendages. 



Reddish brown; head and gaster a little 

 darker than the rest. 



Santa Cruz: Graciosa Bay, Santa Fig. 42.- Camponotus (Mynno- 



. ■ ' turba) maculatus sanctae crucis 



"^^^^* Mann. Worker major. Front 



Resembles nova hoUandiae \ar. humilior view of head. 

 Forel, from Queensland, but has the 



head broader and shorter, with- the ch"peal lobe less produced and 

 with its anterior border broadly rounded instead of truncate; the 

 head is not strongly infuscated as in kumUior. 



A very abundant ant, nesting in cavities of trees and in rotten wood. 



104a. Camponotus (]Mayr^l\mblys) reticul.vtus Roger, var. 

 BEDOTi Emer}-. 



Camponotus bedoti Emery, Rev. Suisse zool., 1893, 1, p. 196, ^ . 



