232 



vulva occupying most of sternal area, long and not much 

 widened behind, behind it are two transverse rows of short 

 dark ridges; inner posterior margin of venter with a curved 

 ridge extending up each side : anus with a small hyaline spot 

 each side. Legs with few very minute hairs, except near tip. 

 Colour yellowish-brown. Length, - 9 mm. 



II ah. — New South Wales: Svdney, with Ponera Intra. 



Uroplitella comparata, n. sp. 

 PI. xxvii., figs. 24 and 29. 



Yellowish-brown. Body nearly one and one-half times 

 as long as broad, broadest at middle, tapering behind almost 

 to a point, in front truncate below, above with small rounded 

 portion ; a row of hairs all around body a little way from 

 margin. Legs very short; tarsus 1 with many fine hairs 

 toward tip, other tarsi with spines. In front of coxae 1 is a 

 broad semicircular plate, and beneath it two ridges, at first 

 approaching each other, then running parallel, but not 

 meeting. The female genital aperture is in middle of body, 

 about one-fourth longer than broad, almost reaching the 

 coxae 1, the anterior two-thirds of border is thickened ; anal 

 aperture more than twice its length in front of submarginal 

 line, two bristles behind it, two bristles each side behind 

 genital aperture, one behind coxa 4, a transverse curved row 

 of 8 bristles half-way from hind coxae to anus, two bristles in 

 front and five each side of genital aperture, and two each side 

 behind on perigenital plate. Length, '6 mm. 



If ah. — Tasmania: Evandale Junction, with My'rmecia 

 (No. 6423). 



Uroplitella disparata, n. sp. 



PI. xxvii., figs. 26 and 27. 



Yellow-brown. Body about one and cue-half times as 

 long as broad ; in front is a very small inconspicuous median 

 swelling, evenly rounded behind ; no hairs around margin ; 

 in front of coxae 1 is a triangular space bordered by a dark 

 ridge. Legs short, femur 1 with a tubercle near inner base 

 bearing a bristle ; tarsus 1 with fine hairs near tip, other 

 tarsi with rather stout spines; anus about one and one-half 

 times its length from submarginal line ; female genital aper- 

 ture in middle of body, about one and one-third times as long 

 as broad, margin on anterior two-thirds thickened; four 

 bristles in front, four each side, and fine hairs behind on 

 venter, three hairs (one median) behind anus; perigenital 

 plate elongate and rounded behind. Male aperture circular, 

 between coxae 2 and 3, and one and one-half times its diameter 

 from them. Length, "65 mm. 



