72 ME. F. SMITH ON NEW SPECIES 



India, but I have not seen a single Anomina from that country. 

 I am much more inclined to suspect an affinity with Typhlapone, 

 which I have frequently observed with Dorylus in collections from 

 India, and also from Borneo. 



Pam. MTEMICID^, Smith. 

 Gen. Mtemica, Latr. 



1. Mybmica poneroides. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 107. 

 Hab. Morty Island ; Sula. 



2. Myrmica auADRispiNOSA. ilf . nigro-fusca ; thorace spinis duabus 

 antice et postice armato. 



Worker. Length 1 line. Dark brown-black, smooth and shining ; the 

 mandibles, antennae, and tarsi pale ferruginous ; a longitudinal carina 

 runs from the insertion of each antenna halfway towards the posterior 

 margin of the vertex; ocelli obsolete; eyes small, situated midway 

 at the sides of the head ; the head is of the same form as in Myrmica 

 rubra; the club of the antennae 3-jointed, the funiculus 8-jointed. 

 Abdomen very finely striated longitudinally at the base; the peduncle 

 subelongate, the first node conical, the second globose. 

 Hab. Salwatty. (Pi. IV. fig. 6, ^ .) 



It will be seen from the above description that the insect has 

 several characters in common with those of the genus Myrmica, 

 in which I have placed it ; but the discovery of the other sexes 

 and an examination of the oral organs may render it necessary to 

 separate it from the genus in which it is provisionally placed. 



3. Myrmica maligna. M. rufo-nigra ; clypeo, antennis pedibusque 

 ferrugineis ; capite et thorace dorso longitudinahter striatis. 



Female. Length 5 lines. Obscm-ely rufous, the head anteriorly and the 

 antennae bright ferruginous; the head longitudinally and strongly 

 striated above, dehcately so beneath. Thorax oblong-ovate ; the me- 

 sothorax longitudinally striated above, with a smooth shining space 

 down the middle and a narrower one on each side ; the prothorax 

 striated, as well as the sides of the metathorax, the latter with a 

 delicate transverse striation above ; the scutellum smooth and shining. 

 Abdomen oblong-ovate, smooth and shining, with a few erect glitter- 

 ing white setae at the apex ; the nodes of the peduncle smooth and 

 shining. 



Hab. Morty Island. 



This is probably the female of M. aspersa. 



4. Myrmica aspbrsa. M. rufo-fulva ; antennis apice pedibusque pal- 

 lide ferrugineis; capite thoraceque scabrosis; metathorace bispinoso; 

 abdomine ovato, petioli nodis sublaevibus. 



Worker. Length 2 lines. Varying in brightness of colouring, rufo- 



