246 Annals of the South African Mtcseum. 



The above descriptions of the <$ and $ have been drawn up from 

 specimens taken with typical ^ punctaticeps, by Mr. E. Wroughton 

 at Estcourt, Natal. They agree with those described by Forel as 

 form B of punctaticeps, so that the identity of the latter as the true 

 £ $ and $ ? of the species is thereby definitely settled. The status 

 of form A, originally described as var. caffra, remains undetermined. 

 It was taken by Mr. Wroughton in a nest of punctaticeps, which also 

 contained $ ? and g g of the form B. 



(S.A.M., E.M., G.A. colls.) . 



Var. caffra, Forel. 



Mitth. Schweiz Ent. Ges., vol. 9, p. 99, $, ?, 1894. Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. Belg., vol. 54, p. 431, form A, ? , 1910. Mayr (S. capen 

 sis), Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 16, p. 905, J , 1866 (?). 



^ . This differs from the type only in the following characters ■ 

 The head is more strongly and more closely punctured in all the $ ? » 

 and the teeth on the carinae are shorter. The head of. the £ maj. is 

 less rectangular, being distinctly narrower in front than behind. 



" $ . (?) 3'5-4 mm. Yellowish brown, with the legs, antennae 

 and mandibles yellow. Anterior wing 5 - 5 mm. long (6 mm. in 

 punctaticeps type), tinged with brown; nervures pale. Head quad- 

 rate, a little wider than long. Clypeus with the carinae ending in two 

 obtuse teeth, and without distinct lateral teeth. Thorax narrower 

 than the head. Epinotum without a trace of tubercles. Abdomen 

 small. Puncturation fairly coarse and abundant on the head, very 

 fine and sparse on the mesonotum. Pilosity moderate." 



Dr. Forel suggests the possibility of this $ being a parasitic 



microgyne in the nests of the type. In that case it can hardly be the 



$ of the ^ , var. caffra, since the description of the latter given 



above has been made from specimens taken by myself on Table 



Mountain, and found in an independent and unmixed colony. 



(R.M., G.A. colls.) 



Var. cyclops, Santschi. 



Goteborgs K. Vetensk. o. Vitterh. Handl., xv, 2, p. 19, $, g, 1914. 



^ • l'6-4 - 5 mm. Head a little longer than wide, distinctly 

 narrowed in front, slightly emarginate in the middle of the posterior 

 margin. The median area of the clypeus projecting further forwards 

 than in punctaticeps i. sp., the teeth more acute. Mandibles with 

 four distinct anterior teeth and an obtuse posterior one, the teeth more 

 acute than in punctaticeps. The 2nd, 3rd, and 8th joints of the 



