MANN! wi> 01 i in l I -i I [8LAND6. 1 < 3 



I'iiti hairs Bhorl and Bparse od head and body; lacking on append 



Short, silky, :iik1 very fine pubescence on head and body. 

 Fuscopioeous, tarsi Lighter. 



\ iti Levu: Nadarivatu. 



Described from three workers found on a tree-trunk. 



This form differs from typical anceps in its smaller size, thinner 



petiole, shorter and less compressed femora and in the much sparser 

 pilosity. 



58. Taimnoma melanocephalum (Fabricius). 

 Formica meHanocephala Fabr., ESntom. syst., 17!):5, 2, p. '.I'M. 



Throughoul the islands. 



Though one become accustomed to seeing this ant in practically 



every locality visited, it was a surprise to find it well established on 

 Such an isolated and barren spot as Vekai, in Lau. Yekai is merely 

 a pieee of elevated coral rock, uninhabited and seldom visited. Besides 

 T. melanocephalum, Prenolepis longicortiix was abundant on Vekai. 



59. Technomyrmex albipes (Smith), var. vitiensis, var. nov. 



Worker. Length 2.5 mm. 



Differing from typical albipes in the color of the legs which are reddish 

 brown, with the tarsi light brown, instead of black with the tarsi white, 

 a slight difference, but constant in a large series from many different localities 

 on the larger islands. 



Viti Levu: Nadarivatu (Type-locality), Waiyanitu, Nasoqo, Vesari, 

 Tai Levu. Vanua Levu: Suene, Lasema, Labasa. Taviuni: Somo 

 Somo, Nagasau. Ovalau: Levuka. Kadavu: Buke Levu. 



Type — M. C. Z. 8,716. 



60. Plagiolepis foreli, sp. nov. 



Worker. Length .T5-.9 mm. 



Head slightly longer than broad, as broad in front as behind, sides convex, 

 posterior border nearly Btraight. Clypcus broadly and bluntly carinate :ii 



middle. Btraight at middle of anterior border. Antennal scapes surpassing 

 Occipital corners by a distance equal to three times their diameter at tips; 

 joint- 2 and 3 of funiculus broader than long, the remainder longer than broad 



