462 BULLETIN MUSEUM 0] C0MPABATTV1 BO#LOGY. 



foveolate]} punctate, gaster with strong basal striae, thorax finely and iup< 

 tici:ills punctate, 



Spongiform processes verj dense and continuous on ventral ami lateral 

 surfaces and posterior borders of petiole and postpetiole. Bcapes srith s 

 Beries of curved club-shaped hairs on outer border, the one at the basal angle 



twice as long as the others. Head and thorax with exceeding] ■ inicro- 



BCOpic hairs. 



Brownish yellow, the head darker than the rest. 



Yaiiiiu Levu: Lasema (Type-locality). Viti Levu: Saiaro. Lau: 



Lakeba. 



Occurs in small colonies beneath stones. The deep aerobes, con- 

 taining scapes and funiculi, the trigonal mandibles warrant, I think 



the resurrection of Smith's genus ( 'ephaloxys as a subgenus to contain 

 S. vitiensis and S. capitaia. 



In the structure of the head S. vitiensis resembles very closely 

 S. capiiata F. Smith, as described and figured by Emery (Ann. Mus. 

 civ. stor. nat. Genova, 1887, 5, p. 468, pi. 2, fig. 20, 8 ) but the thorax 

 is entirely different. In capitaia the mesoepinotal suture is impressed 

 and the dorsum of the pro- and mesothorax convex, instead of being 

 nearly flat and the humeral angles are rounded. The antennae are 

 not as thick and the epinotum is armed with flattened spines, which 

 are lacking in vitiensis. Type. — M. C. Z. 8,727. 



19. Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr. 



Sit*. Akad. wise. Wien, 1866, 53, p. 516, $ . 



Viti Levu: Nadarivatu, Waiyanitu, Tai Levu. Vanua Levu: 

 Suene, Lasema; Taviuni: Somo Somo. Kadavu: Vunisea, Vanua 

 Ava. Lau. 



50. Strumigenys jepsoni, sp. nov. Fig. 22a. 



Worker. Length 1.5-2 mm. 



Head similar in shape but broader, than in godeffroyi. Mandibles less than 

 half as long as head, of subequal width to near apex; armed with two long 

 apical teeth and a third, equally long and basal to these. Clypeus concave at 

 anterior bonier. Antenna! scapes extending two thirds the distance to 

 occipital corners; first funicular joint longer than the second -and third to- 

 gether, and as long as the fourth, terminal joint a little longer than the 

 remainder of the funiculus. Thorax not impressed at suture. Pro- and meso- 

 notuin together elongate-oval. Base of epinotum rather flat. Spines long and 



