4_' 1 BULLETIN MUSEUM OF < OlfPARAI l\ E EOdlXXH , 



with the pronounced promesonotal impression, dorsal surface feebly concave. 

 Petiole from above subcorneal, broadest behind and evenly narrowed toward 

 front, with rounded posterior corners; in profile, longer than high and In. 

 behind, with short, abrupl anterior face, feeblj i dorsum, and ihort, 



rather ooncave, posterior surface. Gaster long and Blendes 



Very ^biningi Mandibles punctate. Clypeua and front of head outo 

 from antennae rugulose and punctate, remainder of head coarsely punctate, 

 the punctures ooi so close behind as in front. Thorax and abdomen with 

 finer and more widely separated punctures. 



Hairs fine, erect, abundant on head, sparse on thorax and abdomen, 001 



and Bubered on appendagi 



Je1 black, tip of gaster and appendages brown. 



Male, Length 4 mm. 



Differing from the male of letMae in its very much smaller size and in the 

 shape 1 of the petiole, which is proportionately longer and has the upper and 

 posterior surfaces broadly rounding into each other ami not distinct a- m 

 letilae. 



Yiti Levu: Waiyanitu. 



The punctation of the head and body of the worker is stronger and 

 more widely separated than in the other Fijian species, and the head 

 very much longer and distinctly broadened in front. The body is 

 slender ami delicately formed. 



I found this species only once. A small colony was in the ground 

 beneath a stone in a heavily wooded gully. Type. — M. C. Z. 8,692. 



17. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) vitiensis, sp. now Fig. 10. 



Worker. Length 8 mm. 



lhad nearly twice as long as broad, broadest in front, sides feebly convex, 

 posterior angles rounded, border straight. Basal and apical edges of mandibles 

 broadly rounding into each other, the surface of the latter slightly convex to 

 near tip, then a little concave, edentate. Clypeus triangular, narrow, and 

 elongate, strongly and acutely carinate for entire length. Antennal scapes 

 surpassing occipital border by three eighths of their length; second funicular 

 joint the longest, remaining joints elongate, cylindrical and decreasing in 

 length toward the tip; terminal joint a little shorter than the two preceding 

 joints together. Eyes moderately convex, situated at a distance from base of 

 mandibles about equal to their longitudinal diameter. Pronotum a little 

 longer than broad. Mesoepinotum without suture, very slightly convex above 

 and broadly rounding into the short, flat declivous portion. Petiole very long, 



