MANN: Wis OF I III. Kl.ll ISLANDS. 



177 



The Waiyanitu specimens are much lighter in color than those 

 from the mountains and possibly represent a color variety. Type. — 

 M C. Z. 8,718. 



67. Camponoti s (Mtrmoturba) m\< i lati s Fabr., sub p. 



PALLTDUS V. Smith var. 



VitiLevu: Suva, Nausori, Nadarivatu. Ovalau: Levuka. Vanua 

 Levu: Labasa. Kadavu. Lau: Kabara. 



My specimens arc exceedingly close to, if not identical with var. 

 samoaensis Santschi, recently described from Samoa. All of the 

 colonies that I found were under bark or in hollow branches, usually 

 o\' the "ivi" tree. They attend a, large COCcid always found on this 

 tree. 



OS. (\\mponotus (Myrmegonia) laminatus Mayr. Fig. 29. 



Sitab. Akad. vriss. Wien, 1886, 53, p. 489, fig. 4, § . 



Soldier. Length 7-8 mm. 



Head longer than broad, narrowed in front, sides and posterior border nearly 

 straight, clypeal region truncated for about three fourths its length. Mandi- 

 bles with seven blunt teeth. Clypeus quadrate, flattened anteriorly, the 



Fig. 29. — Camponotus (Mynnegonia) laminatus Mayr. Worker minor, a. Lateral view 

 of thorax and petiole, b. Front view of petiolar node. 



anterior border broadly rounded. Cheeks impressed broadly and more 

 shallowiy than in cristatus. Antennal scapes barely surpassing occipital 

 corners. Pronotum nearly twice as broad as long, slightly convex above. 

 Mcsonotum rounded in front, and rather narrowly rounded behind. Base of 

 epinotum compressed, most strongly so apically, where it is subangulately 



