MANN: Wis OF THE I I.M ISLANDS. 



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as long, narrowed and rounded above, with convex anterior and fl.it posterior 



surfaces. Legs long ami slender. 



Shining throughout. Mandibles with a row ol fine punctures parallel to 

 edge of blade. Head and body very finely punctate. 



Pubescence of head and tln»ra\ fine, short, and erect, thai of gaster more 

 abundant, longer, and recumbent. Erecl hairs fine, short, and exceedingly 



-parse. 



R sddish brown, antennae and legs lighter. 



Viti Levu: Nadarivatu. (Type-locality). Ovalau: Levuka. 



Occurs iii small colonies beneath stones and in rotten wood. 

 Resembles P. kalakauae Forel from Hawaii. Type. M. C. Z. 

 8,689. 

 The two species may be distinguished as follows: — 



First funicular joint as long as the three following joints together. I 

 composed of 7 8 facets. Base of epinotum broader behind than in front. 

 Mesonotum nearly as long as pronotum ' kalakauae Forel. 



First funicular joint not as long as the three following together. Eyes of 

 1 5 facets. Mesonotum barely more than half as long as pronotum. Base of 

 epinotum as broad in front as behind. Petiole higher monticola Mann. 



12. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) letilae, sp. nov. Fig. 6. 



Worker. Length 6-7 mm. 



Head a little longer than broad, slightly broadest in front, posterior corners 

 broadly rounded, occipital border nearly straight. Mandibles slender, with 



lie 6. — Leptogenys (Lobopelta) letilae Mann. Worker. Lateral view of thorax and 

 petiole. 



the apical and basal borders rounding into each other, the former edentate and 

 Blightly concave. Clypeus flattened apically, projecting and narrowly rounded 

 at middle of apical border, with a delicate projecting spine; the median carina 

 strong and acute .it basal half and becoming feebler apically. Antennae 

 slender, their scapes surpassing occipital corners by nearly one fourth of their 



