144 A REVISION OF THE GENUS PROMYRMECIA EMERY (FORMICIDAE) 
Promyrmecia fulviculis Forel 
Plate XVII, fig. 97 
Myrmecia (Pristomyrmecia) fulvipes Roger r. fuliculis Forel, Bull. Soc. 
Vaud. Sc. Nat., xlix, p. 174, 1913, 8. i 
Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) fulvipes Roger s.sp. fulviculis Wheeler, Colony- 
founding among Ants, p. 70, 1933, 8. 
Worker. Length 13-14°5 mm. 
Head, thorax and node black, mandibles and antennae reddish-brown, post- 
petiole and anterior two-thirds of first segment of gaster brown, apical third of 
first segment and the following segments yellowish, legs, including coxae, reddish- 
ellow. 
z Mandibles coarsely and obliquely striate on apical third, finely and longitudinally 
striate behind. Head finely and longitudinally striate-rugose, irregularly punctate- 
rugose behind, striae widely spaced, the spaces densely reticulate. Thorax much 
more coarsely rugose, the rugae almost longitudinal on pronotum and mesonotum, 
irregularly on epinotum and node. Postpetiole and gaster microscopically reticulate. 
Hair yellow, erect, long and fine throughout, coarser, shorter and suberect on 
antennae and legs. Pubescence whitish, very fine and close lying, very dense, 
yellow, long and adpressed on postpetiole and gaster, where it forms a dense golden 
covering hiding the sculpture. 
Head very slightly broader than long, sides and occipital border straight, angles 
broadly rounded. Mandibles slightly longer than head, external border straight 
or feebly convex, inner border furnished on apical third with five large, sharp, 
erect teeth, from these to base the teeth widely spaced, short and directed back- 
ward. Scapes extend to occipital border; first and third segments of funiculus 
equal in length, second two and one-fourth times longer than first. Thorax fully 
twice as long as broad. Pronotum one-third broader than long, strongly convex, 
mesonotum one-fifth broader than long, oval, epinotum about one-third longer 
than broad; in profile mesonotum scarcely raised above level of pronotum and 
epinotum, excision deep, sharp at bottom, pronotum and mesonotum forming an 
even arch, mesonotum dropping abruptly behind. Epinotum feebly convex on 
dorsum, almost twice as long as declivity into which it is broadly rounded. Node 
one-sixth broader than long, broadest at middle, sides and posterior border strongly 
convex, anterior and posterior faces straight and vertical, rounded into the convex 
dorsum, ventral spine triangular, sharp, half as long as broad at base. Postpetiole 
one-third broader than long, strongly convex in all directions, constriction deep 
and wide. First segment of gaster slightly broader than long. Legs robust. 
Male and female unknown. 
Habitat—New South Wales: Sydney (A. M. Lea); Como (E. H. Zeck); 
Lismore (C. F. Deuquet). 
Queensland: Brisbane; Bribie Island (H. Hacker) ; Fletcher; Stanthorpe (E. 
Sutton). 
The type of this species was collected at Sydney, not Tasmania, 
as stated in Forel’s description. Co-types received some years ago 
from Froggatt had Lea’s label attached in addition to one in 
Frogegatt’s handwriting with the name Tasmania and his number 
to Forel. Lea sent many specimens of New South Wales ants from 
Hobart to Froggatt for identification and apparently Froggatt did 
not notice Lea’s label. This species differs too much from both 
P. fulvipes and P. piliventris to be attached to either. 
