of Pseiidomyrma and Tetraponera. 69 



Sima nigra, Roger, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. (1863), 



p. 25. 

 i7fti.— Malabar. 



*4. Tetraponera allaborans (^Pseudomijrmd)^a\k. Ann. 

 & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1859), iv. 375, $ , 2, ?. 

 Sima compressa, Hoger, Berl. Ent. Zeitsclir. (1863), 

 p. 179. 

 Note. — Dr. Roger sent me a specimen of his insect, 

 ■which, on comparison with Walker's types, in the British 

 Museum, proves to be the same species; but his descrip- 

 tion is so brief and uncharacteristic that no one could 

 possibly have identified them ; Dr. Roger's description is 

 excellent, and in every way satisfactory. I give a descrip- 

 tion of the type in the British Museum. 



*5. Tetraponera testacea, Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. (1852), ix. 45, 2. 

 Hah, — Napo, S. America. 



6. Tetraponera carhonaria, Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. 



Soc. Zooh (1864), vii. 20, ?. 

 Ilab. — Bouru; India; Ceylon; Aru. 



7. Tetraponera Iceviceps {Pseudomyrma^, Smith, Journ. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. (1864), viii. 145, 5. 

 Hab. — Ceram ; Dory; Aru; Waigiou. 



*8. Tetraponera concolor {Pseudomyrma^, Smith, Journ. 

 Ent. (1860), p. 70, 2. 

 Hab. — St. Paulo, Brazil. 



*9. Tetraponera natalensis {Pseudomyrma), Smith, Cat. 

 Hym. Ins. Form. p. 160, 2. 

 Hab. — Natal. 



Tetraponera allaborans. Walk. Female. — Length 

 3 lines. Black, smooth and shining ; head oblong, the 

 sides parallel, the anterior portion, before the insertion of 

 the antennfe, as Avell as the mandibles, ferruginous ; the 

 antenna? pale rufo-testaceous; the legs are of the same 

 colour, but the femora are somewhat darker, particularly 

 the hinder pair, which are fiisco-ferruginous. Thorax 

 elongate and impunctate. Abdomen oblong ; the petiole 

 as long as the first node, Avhich is narrower than the 

 second, both being subglobose. 



