A Monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. 585 



brownish. Shining. Smooth, very sparsely and finely punctured. 

 Pilosity as in the type species. Head distinctly longer than wide, 

 narrower in front, the sides very arcuate and the posterior margin 

 fairly convex, the posterior angles considerably rounded. Eyes occu- 

 pying one-fourth of the sides and placed in the middle. The scape 

 extends beyond the occipital margin by more than a quarter of its 

 length. First joint of flagellum longer than the three following 

 joints; 2nd and 3rd joints nearly one-half shorter than the 4th, which 

 is one and a half times longer than wide. Clypeus fairly strongly 

 carinate, convex. Anterior face of the mesonotum longer and less 

 abrupt than the posterior face. The dorsum and declivity of the 

 epinotum together, form a convexity without precise limits. The 

 front of the dorsum descends in an abrupt slope. Scale rounded at 

 the summit. Much more shining than the var. tricolor or the type, 

 the head more darkly coloured. Stamford Hill, Natal, (Traegaordh)". 



P. (sub-gen. Anacantholepis) Jouberti, Forel. 

 Schultze, Reise Sud-Afrika, vol. 4, p. 23, §. 1910. 



"^. 1*7-4 mm. — §. minor, l"7-2 mm. Mandibles narrow, smooth, 

 sparsely punctured, 5-dentate. Clypeus obtusely carinate, strongly 

 arcuately produced in front. Head elongate, quite one-quarter longer 

 than wide, rounded and rectangular, the sides very convex, behind 

 barely concave and but little wider than in front. Eyes fairly large, 

 placed at about the middle of the sides. The scape extends beyond 

 the occipital margin by just one-fourth of its length. Second joint 

 of the flagellum as wide as long, the succeeding joints very little 

 longer than wide, (in Deweti Forel nearly twice as long as wide). 

 Thorax almost precisely like that of Deweti, with the same swelling 

 and two constrictions, but the mesonotum is less strongly constricted 

 in the middle * and the dorsum of the epinotum is more convex, 

 rising less posteriorly ; the declivity is also steep. Scale strongly 

 inclined forwards. Legs much shorter than in Deweti. Ocelli indis- 

 tinct. Quite smooth and shining, with a very sparse and feeble 

 puncturation. The epinotum has some very fine transverse rugae 

 behind. Exserted pilosity on the body very scanty, absent from the 

 limbs. A sparse, very fine but distinctly brighter pubescence all over. 



Black ; antennae and legs brown ; scapes, mandibles and articula- 

 tions dull reddish. 



^ major (repletes or honey-storage vessels) 3-4 mm. long, of which 



* i. e. the meso-metanotal suture is less deep. 



