198 Bl ill UN mi BE1 Id 01 < OMPARATH B EOftLOGl . 



TWa species can not be identical with oceanica Maw-, which 

 described from a female taken at Ovalau, because the clj pen i much 

 longer than broad and the petiole distinctly higher than thick. Type, 



\l ( . /.. 8,725. 



77a. CaMPONOTUS (CoLOBOPSIs) \i\idii.i\ Mann, var. BEEMANNI, 



var. nov. 



Soldier, worker, and female differing from these phages of typical mnndclld 

 in the color of the gaster, which is brownish yellow, similar to the thorax, with 

 each segment handed apically with fuscous, which extend- forward a- a 

 median blotch. 



Yiti Levu: Nadarivatu. 



This color-pattern is constant in a scries of soldiers and females. 



Some of the workers have the Lands indistinct, and the gaster almost 

 entirely yellow. Type. — M. C. Z. 8,726. 



78. Camponotus (Colobopsis) jams, sp. nov. 



Soldier. Length 7.5 mm. 



Head elongate, about one and two thirds times as long as broad, sides nearly 

 straight, posterior border very shallow ly concave. Mandibles with seven very 

 stout teeth. Clypeus elongate, strongly carinate at middle, narrowed in front 

 sides on truncated portion concave, anterior border very faintly concave 

 Cheeks rather strongly impressed in front. Scapes slightly surpassing occipi- 

 tal comers; the apical funicular joints barely one and one half times as long 

 as broad, terminal joint shorter than the two preceding joints together. 

 'Thorax and petiole similar to maudetta but the notch on dorsum of node more 

 pronounced. 



Shining. Mandibles coarsely punctate and rugose-striate. Front of cheeks 

 and the clypeus longitudinally striate, the striae becoming very feeble on 

 anterior portion of clypeus. Anterior portion of front densely longitudinally 

 striolate. Remainder finely coriaceous. 



Head and gaster with very sparse, erect hairs. Head, body, and appendages 

 with minute sparse and regular pubescence. 



Fulvous, head reddish, gaster infuscated. 



Worker. Length, 4.5-5 mm. 



Head elongate, suboval, slightly broadest in front. Clypeus convex, sub- 

 carinate at middle, rounded anteriorly. Antennal scapes surpassing occipital 



