MANN: wis OF TH1 FIJI ISLANDS. \2Tt 



\\). OdONTOMACHUS LNGULATU8 M;i.vr. Fig. 11. 



Sitl. Akad. wiss. W'i.Mi, 1866, 63, p. 500, pL L, fig. 10, S . 



Female (dealated). Length L3 mm. 



Very similar to the worker, l>ut with the usual sexual differences. The 

 gaster is enlarged to an extent unusual in the genus. The ocelli are far apart 

 a- in iiic female of hasktfus, the two lateral ones small and the mediae large. 



\ iti Levu: Nadarivatu. 



This species was described by Mayr from workers collected on 

 Ovalau. I searched for it unsuccessfully on that island as well as in 

 numerous other localities, finally coming across it in the canyons that 

 cut into the dry hillsides on the north slope of the mountains at 

 Nadarivatu. A stream runs through each of these canyons ami angilr 

 lotus was always near these, sometimes foraging in situations con- 

 stantly wet by spray from the w r aterfalls. It forages during the day 

 time. 



The nest is in the ground, sometimes beneath a stone, but more 

 often about the roots of tree^. 



20. Odontomachus haematoda (Linne). 

 Formica haematoda Linne, Syst. nat. ed. 10, 1758, 1, p. 582, 9 . 



Distributed commonly everywhere throughout the islands, even to 

 Ono i Lau, the end of the Lau Archipelago. 



21. Pheidole onifera, sp. nov. Fig. 12. 



Soldier. Length 2.75 mm. 



Head a little longer than broad, sides nearly straight, ooeipit&l angles 

 broadly rounded, border rather broadly and not deeply concave; vertex not 

 transversely impressed but with a narrow longitudinal sinus extended on the 

 front almost to the frontal area. Mandibles elongate, obtusely bidentate 

 apically. Clypeus very shallowly concave at middle of anterior border. 

 Frontal earinae little divergent, extending beyond tips of scapes and bordering 

 broad, shallow scrobes. Antennal scapes extending nearly two thirds the 

 distance t<> occipital corners; funicular joints 2-8 little broader than long; 

 clul) nearly as long as the remainder of funiculus, with the terminal joint as 



