A Monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. 499 



C. Neuvillei, Forel, race carininotttm, Santschi. 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 85, p. 279, £ , 1916. 



" ^ . 3 - 8-4 mm. Reddish-brown. Legs more or less pale casta- 

 neous brown, abdomen black, its base sometimes more or less reddish- 

 brown. Occiput and 2nd joint of the petiole brownish. Reticulate, 

 the thorax distinctly reticulate-punctate. Head finely and longitudi- 

 nally striate ; the frons more or less smooth. Abdomen very finely 

 reticulate, almost smooth. Declivity of the epinotum smooth. Nearly 

 dull, only the frons and abdomen fairly shining. Pilosity sparse, 

 pubescence as in the type. Margin of pronotum rounded. The meso- 

 notum has a median carina in front, absent from the type of the 

 species and its races. Meso-epinotal constriction fairly deep ; epinotal 

 teeth as long as their basal width, but also somewhat variable. Second 

 node of petiole as strongly grooved as in the type of the species, which 

 it otherwise resembles." 



Bulawayo (Arnold). 



C. bruneipennis, Andre, race omniparens, Eorel. 



Rev. d'Ent., vol. 9, p. 323, £ , ? , 1890. 

 (Race) Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sc. Nat., vol. 50, p. 237, £ , 1914. 



£ . 2 , 6-3 , 9 mm. Varying from a brownish ochreous yellow to a 

 clear reddish-brown, the abdomen usually darker and the head paler 



Fig. 34. — C. bruneipennis, race omniparens. 



and more clearly reddish-brown or burnt sienna. Sides of head in 

 front of the eyes finely longitudinally striate, the rest of the head very 

 smooth and shining (more polished than in race Gooperi), sparsely, 

 finely and sharply punctured. Thorax and petiole moderately shining, 

 very superficially, irregularly and sparsely striato-rugulose. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining. The anterior face of the pronotum is less- 

 oblique than in Netivillei, race Gooperi, joining the dorsum by a 

 shorter and more abrupt curve. The disc of the mesonotum is 

 oblicpuely bevelled at the sides (in Gooperi it forms a continuous con- 

 vexity transversely). In most specimens the epinotal spines are a 

 little longer than in that race, and the median longitudinal impression 

 on the dorsum of the epinotum is a trifle deeper. The petiole is 

 shaped like that of Gooperi, but the 1st node is usually a little wider 



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