

hi 1.1 ETIN: mi m i m "i l "\ii'\K\i i\ i ZOI (LOG^ 



audi 1 1*- Postpetiole more than twice as broad u petiole, mth strong elonj 

 ourved project ions at Bid 



Mandibles finely punctate and shining. Bead Bubopaque, front and 

 longitudinally Btriate, aerobes cribrately punctate, vertex and occiput wiih fine 

 reticulate striae and the interspaces ruguloee-punctate. Thorax feebly Bhining, 

 indistinctly transversely Btriated. Epinotum and postpetiole finely punctate. 

 First gastric segment at base densely and finely punctate and longitudinally 



striate. Caster and legs shining. 



Fine, erect white hairs moderately abundant on bead, body, and append 

 Bead brownish red, thorax, abdomen, and femora dark brown to black, 

 tibiae and tarsi brownish yellow. 



Fig. 13. — a. Pheidole knowlesi Mann. Soldier. Front view of head. b. Pheidole vatu 

 Mann. Soldier. Front view of bead. 



Worker. 



Length 1.50 mm. 



Head a little longer than broad, as broad in front as behind, sides convex, 

 posterior border very feebly concave. Mandibles with six unequal teeth. 

 Clypeus straight at middle of anterior border. Antenna] scapes surpassing 

 occipital corners by less then their diameter at tips; funicular joints 2-8 

 transverse; club as long as remainder of funiculus, with the terminal joint as 

 long as the other two together. Pronotum rounded at sides. Promesonotal 

 suture not discernible. Epinotal spines divergent, nearly straight, a little 

 shorter than their distance apart at base. Petiolar node subcuneiform, faintly 

 impressed at middle. Postpetiole lower than petiole, less than twice as broad 

 as long and rounded at sides. . 



Head opaque, the rest feebly shining. Mandibles finely striolate. Head 

 coarsely, densely, and regularly punctate and with feeble striae on front 

 parallel to frontal carinae. Thorax, petiole, and postpetiole superficially 

 punctate. 



Piloeity rather sparsely distributed on head, body, and appendages. 



Dark reddish brown to black, head paler than the rest; mandibles, funiculi, 

 and legs yellow-brown. 



Viti Levu: Nadarivatu. 

 Type.— M. C. Z. 8,695. 







