A REVISION OF THE GENUS PROMYRMECIA EMERY (FORMICIDAE) 145 
Promyrmecia fulvipes Roger 
Plate XVI, figs. 81-83 
Myrmecia fulvipes Roger, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr., v, p. 36, 1861, ¥ ; Mayr, 
Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, xii, p. 726, 1862, 8 ; Jour. Mus. Godeffroy, 
xu, p. 93, 1876, &. 
Myrmecia (Pristomyrmecia) fulvipes Emery, Genera Insect., fasc. 118, p. 21, 
1911; Forel, Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sc. Nat., xlix, p. 173, 1913, 9. 
wie ee dma fulvipes Wheeler, Colony-founding among Ants, 
Pp. ’ ’ g. 
Worker. Length 10-12 mm. 
Black; mandibles and antennae brown, coxae and legs reddish-yellow, tarsi 
slightly darker. 
Shining. Apical half of the mandibles obliquely striate-rugose, basal half almost 
smooth, with large, shallow, elongate punctures. Head longitudinally striate-rugose 
in front, more punctate-rugose behind, the interstices finely punctate-reticulate. 
otum, mesonotum, anterior fourth of epinotum and node more coarsely striate- 
rugose, more or less longitudinally, remainder of epinotum irregularly rugose, 
declivity transversely striate-rugose. Postpetiole and gaster microscopically punc- 
tate. 
Hair yellow, erect, rather short except on mandibles, clypeus and apical segments 
of gaster, much shorter and suberect on antennae and legs. Pubescence greyish- 
yellow on postpetiole, longer and more abundant on middle of posterior third; brass 
yellow on gaster, longer and more abundant, forming a dense covering. 
Head one-tenth broader than long, sides and occipital border feebly convex, 
angles rounded. Mandibles one-tenth shorter than head, parallel, external border 
straight, inner border furnished with seven large, sharp, erect teeth on apical half, 
short and directed backward, sawtooth-like on basal half. Scapes just reach 
occipital border; first and second segments of funiculus of equal length, apical 
slightly longer. Thorax twice as long as broad. Pronotum twice as broad as long, 
convex in all directions. Mesonotum one-third broader than long, strongly convex 
in all directions ; meso-epinotal constriction deep and narrow. Epinotum one-third 
longer than broad, feebly convex transversely; in profile mesonotum scarcely 
higher than pronotum and epinotum, meso-epinotal constriction deep but not wide, 
pronotum raised, strongly convex. Mesonotum flatly convex, highest behind, 
inotum strongly convex from base to foot of declivity. Node one-fifth broader 
n long, broadest just behind middle, strongly convex in all directions; in profile 
higher than long, anterior face straight, sloping gently backward, rounded into 
the feebly convex dorsum, posterior face short, sloping slightly backward, rounded 
into dorsum, ventral spine long and sharp, as long as broad at base. Postpetiole 
one and one-half times broader than long, strongly convex, constriction behind 
deep and wide. First segment of gaster one-tenth broader than long, broader 
behind than in front. Legs long and stout. 
Female. Length 15 mm. 
Colour, sculpture and pilosity as in the worker. 
Head fully one-sixth broader than long. Mandibles shorter than head, external 
border feebly concave at middle, inner border strongly convex, furnished with nine 
large, sharp, erect teeth on apical three-fourths, from the ninth to base the teeth 
smaller and broad. Node fully one-fourth broader than long, oval. Postpetiole 
one-third broader than long. First segment of gaster one-fourth broader than 
long. Legs robust. Wings hyaline, slightly yellowish. 
