310 Annals of the South African Museum. 



clearly distinct ; larger, more robust, the mandibles smooth, the spines 

 differently shaped, as also the 1st node, etc." 



T. capense, Mayr. 



Reise der Novara, Zool. Formicidae, p. 89, $ , 1865. 



Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 63, p. 36, $ , $ , 1895. 



" £ • 3*5 mm. This species bears a great resemblance to guineense, 

 but nevertheless is easily distinguished from it. Yellowish-red, the 

 legs more yellow, the abdomen faintly brownish, the masticatory 

 margin of the mandibles, and the eyes black. The pilosity is very 

 sparse on the body, whereas it is much more plentiful in guineense. 

 The feebly shining mandibles are sharply and longitudinally striate, 

 with single punctures between the striae (in guineense the mandibles 

 are shining, very shallowly striate, and not over the whole surface). 

 The clypeus has several carinae or longitudinal rugae, but the median 

 one is strong and is continued on to the frontal area ; the latter is 

 distinctly delimited from the clypeus, which is not the case in 

 guineense, and the frontal area itself is more distinct than in that 

 species. Frons and vertex as in guineense. The sides of the head are 

 coarsely reticulate also, but the rugae are emphasised longitudinally, 

 which is not the case in guineense. The flagellum is somewhat longer 

 and more slender. The thorax is short and fairly high, as in T. 

 caespitum, whereas in guineense it is longer and lower. The thorax 

 above is finely coriaceous and reticulate-rugose (or finely reticulate 

 punctate), with fewer longitudinal striae, which disappear on the 

 epinotum. . . . The epinotal spines are wider at the base than in 

 guineense, the space between the spines smooth and shining, the sides 

 of the thorax reticulate-punctate. The 1st node of the petiole is wider 

 than long (in guineense as long as wide), both nodes are coarsely and 

 shallowly rugose (coarsely reticulate in guineense). The abdomen 

 shining, exceedingly finely coriaceous at the base." 



" $ . Petiole wider than in the ^ , the 1st node truncate in front, 

 with the anterior margin straight, ending in an angle on each side ; 

 the wings are hyaline, the stigma and nervures brownish-yellow. 

 <$ . Testaceous. The head striate, the scutellum, epinotum, and 

 petiole very finely punctured and dull, the rest shining ; mandibles 

 shining, 5-dentate ; . . .in profile, the 1st segment of the petiole 

 forms a rounded rectangle, the 2nd is hardly wider than long, excluding 

 the articular portion." 



Capetown. (S.A.M. coll.) 



