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Ml I I I l l\ MUSEUM OF < u\||'\i;\ l l\ I. ZOOLOGY 



with a few \>i\ inane puncturei Head denserj and cribrately punctate, 

 thorax and petiole more Bhallowly an more coarsely punctate than t k i « - 



head. 



in (i hairs -hurt and \i-i\ sparse on head, body, and antennae; fine, short, 

 silky, yellow pubescence abundani 



1; ddish brown, legs and apical thud of antenna] funiculus brown-yellow. 



Viti l.e\ ii. \\ai\ anitu. 



Described from a unique worker. Near P. selenophora Emery 

 from New Guinea, from which it differs in the longer head with less 



arcuate sides, and in the singularly coarse sculpture of the gaster. 



The regular, separated punetation of the thorax is peculiar, resem- 

 bling that of Rogeria epinotalis Mann from the Solomon-. 



11. PONERA MONTICOLA, sp. nov. Fig. 5. 



Worker. Length 2.2.") nun. 



Head a third Longer than broad, slightly narrowed in front, Bides feebly 

 convex, occipital angles broadly rounded, border truncate. 



Mandibles elongate, with 8-9 small teeth, the anterior three acute, the 



FlG. 5,-v- Poiiera monticola Maun. Worker. Lateral view of thorax and petiole. 



others blunt. Clypeus strongly convex at middle, rounded at anterior border. 

 Antennae slender, their scapes attaining occipital border; first funicular joint 

 as long as the second and third joints together, joint 2 a little longer than 

 broad, 3-10 scarcely broader than long, terminal joint distinctly longer than 

 the two preceding together. Eyes small, of 4-5 ommatidia, situated at 

 anterior fourth of sides of head. Thorax elongate, nearly flat above, pro- 

 mesonotal and mesoepinotal sutures distinct, but not profound. Mesonotum 

 nearly circular, a little broader than long and half as long as pronotum. Base 

 of epinotum twice as long as broad and as long as the declivity, which is flat 

 and margined at sides. Petiole distinctly broader than epinotum, the dorsal 

 surface from above twice as broad as long; in profile more than twice as high 



