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declivity. Petiole much longer than broad, narrowed in front, with the dorsal 

 :m<l interior Burfaoes rounding into each other] in profile longer than high, 

 ami highest behind. Gaster slender. 



\ ery Bhining. Mandibles punctate. 



Sead ooarsely punctate, mgulose between frontal carinae and eyes, Cly- 

 peua with distind scattered punctures. 



Erect hairs line and flexuousand moderately abundant on head and body, 

 shorter on appendages. 



Jet black, tip of gaster and appendages brown. 



Yiti Levu: Waiyanitu. 



Nearest to letilae but very distinct in its smaller size and more 

 elongate petiole, its longer head and more narrowly rounded clypeal 

 projection Type. — ■ M. C. />. 8,691. 



10. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) navua, sp. nov. Fig. 8, 9. 



Fig. S. — Leptogenys (Lobopelta) navua Mann. 

 petiole. 



Worker. Lateral view of thorax and 



Worker. Length 4.50-5 mm. 



Head nearly twice as long as broad, sides nearly 

 straight, slightly broadest anteriorly, posterior cor- 

 nels rounded, border straight. Mandibles concave 

 at apical border, edentate. Clypeus elongate, trian- 

 gularly produced at middle, sharply carinate for 

 rut ire length. Antennal scapes surpassing occipital 

 border by about one fifth their length, funiculus 

 rather -tout, first, second, and third joints subequal 

 in length, remaining joints gradually decreasing in 

 length, terminal joint scarcely as long as the two 

 preceding joints together. Eyes small, little convex, 

 situated at :i distance from base of mandibles appre- 

 ciably greater than their longitudinal diameter. 

 Pronotum about as broad as long. Mesoepinotuni 

 with a transverse impression near to and parallel 



Fig. 9. — Leptogenys (Lobo- 

 pelta) navua Mann. 

 Worker. Front view of 

 head. 



