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femora fusco-ferruginous ; wings subliyalme. Abdomen : 

 the petiole and first node elongate-clavate ; the second 

 node also petiolated but shorter, and the node wider ; the 

 abdomen elongate-ovate, with a little fine, thin, pale pubes- 

 cence at the apex. 



Hab, — Ceylon. 



This is very distinct from the T. compressa of Roger, 

 also from Ceylon ; that species has the legs jsale ferrugi- 

 nous, as well as the antennje, and it has the metathorax 

 compressed and more elevated than the prothorax. 



Type of female in the British Museum. 



11. Tetraponera attenuata. 



"Worker. — Length 3| lines. Black and shining; the 

 head narrowed behind the eyes and rounded ; the scape, 

 and one or two of the basal joints of the flagellum, pale 

 ferruginous ; the sides of the head and the cheeks with 

 hoary pile. Thorax oblong and narrow, much constricted 

 in the middle ; the metathorax elevated and subglobose ; 

 the legs slender and elongate, with the trochanters rufo- 

 testaceous. The petiole of the abdomen long and slender, 

 the first node narrow, oblong and rounded above ; the 

 second node with a short petiole and twice the Avidth of 

 the first ; the abdomen oblong, pointed at the apex. The 

 thorax and abdomen with thin hoary pile. 



Hah. — Saraw^ak. 



12. Tetraponera j^thiops. 



Worker. — Length 51 lines. Black and shining; the 

 head and thorax finely punctured ; the nodes of the petiole 

 also punctured, the abdomen very delicately so ; the base 

 and apex of the scape rufo-piceous, and the a^jical joint 

 of the flagellum pale nifo-testaceous. The anterior and 

 intermediate tibia3 and tarsi rufo-piceous, the former more 

 or less obscurely so ; the calcarias pale testaceous; the 

 anterior margin of the thorax slightly rounded, with 

 the lateral angles rather prominent ; from these to the 

 base of the mcsothorax the sides are narrowed, the 

 metathorax being slightly widened to its apex, Avhich is 

 obtuse. The petiole of the abdomen short, the nodes 

 globose ; the second full one-third wider than the first, 

 and having a few pale setaj at its hinder margin ; the 

 abdomen oblong, pointed at its apex, and having a few 



