MANN! INT8 01 1 HE FIJI ISLANDS. l<»o 



very Blender, supporting the upper end of b very I bin, pongiform lamella that 

 borders the Bides of declivity. Petiolar node a little longer than the pedicel, 

 longer than broad] in profile, longer than high and convex above. Post- 

 petiole transversely »>v:il, aboul twice as broad as petiole. 



Mandibles uniformly, shallowly punctate 4 and shining. Mend coarsely 

 punctate and opaque. Thorax more finely punctate and with irregular 

 Longitudinal striae, subopaque. Epinotum finely punctate on anterior half 

 of base, the rest and the petiole and postpetiole smooth and shining. Gaster 

 w itli short, parallel costae basally. 



Erecl hairs long and fiexuous, sparse on head and body; Bhorter curved 



hairs on head ami 1 horax and al outer border of antennal scapes. Spongiform 

 hairs forming a very thin lamella al margins of epinotal declivity and well 

 developed on ventral and lateral surfaces and posterior borders of petiole 



and postpetiole. 

 Reddish brown. 



Vanua Levu: Suene. 



Described from a small scries taken from beneath a stone. 



The species resembles godeffroyi but has the head broader and the 



mandibles much shorter and thicker; the sculpture of the thorax is 

 different (not striate in godeffroyi) and most of the epinotum and the 

 petiole and postpetiole smooth and shining. The spongiform processes 

 on the epinotum arc very thin compared with those in godeffroyi. 



Named in honor of Mr. F. B. Jepson, government entomologist of 

 Fiji. 



51. Strumigenys scelestus, sp. now Fig. 22b. 



Worker. Length 1.75 mm. 



Head moderately elongate, sides slightly and evenly concave in front, feebly 

 convex behind, posterior corner- broadly rounded, border shallowly concave. 

 Mandible- Less than half as long as head, thickest basally and narrowed to- 

 ward tip, slightly arcuate, with a pair of slender apical spines, and basal to 

 these a third long, slender spine. Clypeus flat, feebly rounded apically. 

 Antennae stout, their scapes extending three fourths the distance to occipital 

 cornei-: firal funicular joint as long as the second and third together; second 

 and third joints Bubequal, a little longer than broad; fourth joint as long as the 

 firsl three together; terminal joint as long as the remainder of funiculus. 

 small, situated at inferior pari of sides of head, well back of middle. 

 Thorax not impressed, in profile convex inpronotal region, flat behind. Base 

 of epinotum narrowly margined. Epinotal spines short and very acute, 

 extended bas.-dly as broad, lamellate margins to the epinotal declivity. 

 Peduncle of petiole thick; shorter than node; node broader than Long and 



