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Gen. Ceematogastee, Lund. 



1. Crematogaster politus. C. capite, thorace abdomineque basi 

 castaueo-rufis ; pedibus pallide rufo-testaceis. 



WorTier. Length IJ line. Head, thorax, and base of the abdomen reddish 

 chestnut; very smooth and shining. Head large, wider than the 

 abdomen; eyes small and, as well as the tips of the mandibles, 

 black. Thorax deeply strangulated between the meso- and meta- 

 thorax, the latter armed with two short, stout, acute spines ; the legs 

 pale rufo-testaceous. The abdomen heart-shaped, black, with the 

 base and nodes of the peduncle reddish chestnut. 



Hah. New Guinea. 



2. Crematogaster iridipennis. C. pallide castaneo-rufus, Isevis 

 nitidusque ; alis hyalinis, iridescentibus. 



Female. Length 2\ lines. Pale chestnut-red, very smooth and highly 

 polished. Head glassy smooth, the anterior part of a deeper red than 

 the vertex ; the ocelli situated in a darker stain ; the mandibles with 

 five black teeth. Thorax ovate, the metathorax without spines ; the 

 wings colourless and brilliantly iridescent ; the legs paler than the 

 thorax. Abdomen oblong-ovate, the margins of the segments deeply 

 depressed ; the basal margins of the segments pale. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



3. Crematogaster TARSATUs. C. aterrimus, Isevis etnitidus; an- 

 tennis pedibusque rufo-piceis, tarsis albis. 



Worker. Length If line. Shining black, impunctate; the anterior 

 portion of the head and the mandibles obscurely ferruginous ; the an- 

 tennsa and legs rufo-piceous ; the tarsi white ; the anterior angles of 

 the prothorax acute; the metathorax armed with two short, erect, 

 acute spines. The abdomen rather wider than the head, its extreme 

 apex pale testaceous. 



Hab. Morty Island. 



Fam. ATTID^, Smith. 

 Glen. Pheidole, Westw. 



1. Pheidole megacephala, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 112. 

 Hab. Sula. 



2. Pheidole HOSPES. P. rufo-ferruginea ; capite maximo, in medio 

 sulcato, longitudinaliter striato; antennis pedibusque pallide ferru- 

 gineis ; abdomine nigro. 



Worker (major). Length 2| lines. Head and thorax rufo-ferruginous ; 

 the head oblong-ovate, deeply notched behind, its anterior margin 

 truncate ; longitudinally striated, and having a longitudinal carina 

 running from each antenna towards the vertex ; the mandibles smooth 

 and shining, their inner edge edentate ; the antennae and legs pale 

 ferruginous; the metathorax with two minute sharp spines; the 

 second node of the abdomeuj, as well as the abdomen itself, black. 



