94 A REVISION OF THE GENUS PROMYRMECIA EMERY (FORMICIDAE) 
The subspecies mawra Wheeler is regarded as a valid species. 
Workers and females are not uncommon. 
The following forms described by Wheeler are not represented 
in our collections, but for the sake of completeness his descriptions 
are included. 
Promyrmecia aberrans Forel s.sp. formosa Wheeler. 
Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans Forel s.sp. formosa Wheeler, Colony- 
founding among Ants, 1933, p. 52, fig. 19. 
Length 10-13 mm. : 
Head, thorax and petiole blood-red, with the following black markings: a large 
chevron, extending across the front between the inner orbits, with its point extend- 
ing backward and covering the ocellar triangle, but leaving the clypeus and the 
space between the frontal carinae red, posterior portion of gula, neck, pleurae, 
posterior borders of pronotum and epinotum, peduncle of petiole and in some 
specimens a median spot on the mesonotum, Mandibles and antennae reddish- 
yellow; gaster and legs black, sting and four apical joints of tarsi reddish-brown. 
Posterior corners and sides of head very smooth and shining, sparsely and coarsely 
punctate. Mesonotum coarsely punctate, longitudinally or obliquely, in some 
specimens more feebly or more concentrically, rugose. Epinotum and petiole sculp- 
tured as in the typical aberrans. Postpetiole and gaster very smooth and shining, 
with fine greyish pubescence only on the sides and posterior borders of the segments. 
Legs less shining and very finely pubescent. 
Described from thirteen specimens taken at Uralla, New South Wales (Wheeler). 
Promyrmecia aberrans Forel s.sp. haematosticta Wheeler. 
Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans Forel s.sp. haematosticta Wheeler, 
Colony-founding among Ants, 1933, p. 51. 
Length 10-13 mm. 
Coloured like maura, but with a large spot behind each eye, one on the disk of 
the pronotum and the upper surface of the petiolar node, except for a median 
longitudinal black streak, blood-red. Femora black; mandibles and antennae 
distinctly darker than in maura and more reddish. Mesonotal rugae less pro- 
nounced and in two specimens oblique, or asymmetrical. Petiole smoother, varying 
from coarsely punctate, without distinct rugae, to loosely rugose-punctate. Post- 
petiole fully one and two-thirds times as broad as long. 
Described from three specimens taken at Uralla, New South Wales (Wheeler). 
Promyrmecia aberrans Forel s.sp. sericata Wheeler. 
Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans Forel s.sp. sericata Wheeler, Colony- 
founding among Ants, 1933, p. 53. 
Length 14 mm. 
Like taylori in coloration. Sculpture less pronounced, the rugae on the head 
and pronotum coarse but rounded and interspersed with large, elongate punctures. 
Mesonotum coarsely punctate, with only indistinct traces of fine transverse rugules. 
Epinotum anteriorly indistinctly rugose, petiole more coarsely and distinctly, the 
node of the latter broader than long, the postpetiole nearly as broad as in taylori, 
and the pilosity, which is whitish, as long and abundant. Appressed pubescence 
on the gaster and postpetiole golden yellow, decidedly longer and converging 
from each side to the middle line at the posterior border of each segment. 
