70 . .ME. r. SMITH ON NEW SPECIES 



G-en. EcHiNOPi/A, Smith. 



1. EcHiNOPLA MELANARCTOSj Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 79. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



2. EcHiNOPiiA STRIATA, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 80. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



Gren. (EcoPHYLLA, Smith. 



1. (EcoPHYLLA SMARAGDINA, Smith, Pvoc.Linn. Soc.v. p. 101. 

 Hab. Morty Island ; Salwatty. 



Earn. P0NEEIDJ2, Smith. 

 Gren. Odontomachtts, Latr. 



1. Odontomachus cephalotes. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 19. 

 Hab. Morty Island; Sula. 



2. Odontomachus nigriceps. Smith, Proc. Linn, Soc. v. p. 103. 

 Hab. Dory. 



3. Odontomachus aciculatus. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 19. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



Gren. Po]!irEEA, Latr. 



1. PoNERA STRIATA, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 104. 

 Hab. Morty Island. 



2. PoNERA cupREA, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 104. 

 Hab. New Guinea; Sula. 



3. PoNERA SIMILLIMA, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 104. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



4. PoNERA 4-DENTATA, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 143. 

 Hab. Sula. 



5. PoNERA FEROX. P. nigra ; capite elongato, aciculato ; thorace ab- 

 domineque Isevibus, nitidis ; flagello tarsisque pallide ferrugineis. 



Worker. Length 4i lines. Shining black; the head longitudinally 

 aeiculate ; the prothorax with a few fine striae anteriorly ; the sides of 

 the thorax with a few irregular striae, otherwise smooth and shining ; 

 the node of the pedvmele subquadrate and incrassate, and, as well as 

 the abdomen, smooth and shining; the apical segment ferruginous. 

 The mandibles, extreme base and apex of the scape, the flagellum, 

 except the basal joint, and the tarsi and articulations of the legs fer- 

 ruginous ; the calcaria pale testaceous. 

 Hab. Salwatty. 



This species is very like P. simillima ; but it is a larger insect ; 

 and the thorax is smooth and shining, in P. simillima it is stri- 

 ated and opake. 



