616 Annals of the South African Museum. 



carinae feebly sinuate, hardly convergent behind. Eyes rather large, 

 placed a little behind the middle of the sides. The scapes extend 

 beyond the hind margin by as much as their apical width. Pronotum 

 not in the least flattened above, but convex from side to side and 

 lengthwise, two-thirds wider than long- in the middle. Pro-mesonotal 

 suture distinct. Mesonotum very little wider in front than behind, 

 as long as wide. Meso-epinotal suture feeble. Dorsum of epinotum 

 rather broad, two and a half times longer than wide, moderately 

 oblique, arcuate from side to side, joining the oblique declivity in a 

 widely rounded angle. The declivity is two-thirds as long as the 

 dorsum and slightly convex from above to below. Scale of petiole 

 rather narrow, as high as, or a little higher than the petiole is 

 long below, both faces moderately convex, subacuminate above. 



Q minor, 8 mm. Head more or less yellowish brown, the cheeks 

 darkest. Mandibles pale castaneous, antennae brown. Thorax dirty 

 ochreous, the sides and the petiole somewhat fuscous. Abdomen 

 brownish black, the apical margins widely pale testaceous, the 2nd 

 segment with a pale ochreous spot on each side and extending from 

 the base to beyond the middle of the segment. Legs pale ochreous, 

 darkening towards their apices. Sculpture, pilosity etc. as in the Qj., 

 but the head is more shining and almost impunctate. Head slightly 

 and gradually widened from the eyes towards the anterior margin, 

 where it is widest, nearly one-third longer than wide. The sides 

 behind the eyes convex, convergent posteriorly to the very narrow 

 and indistinct posterior margin. Mandibles as in the 2)., but narrower 

 and longer, the teeth very acute. Clypeus very convex transversely 

 but not carinate and not lobed in front, the anterior margin arcuate. 

 The eyes are very convex, large, placed behind the middle. The 

 scapes extend beyond the hind margin of the head by nearly half 

 their length. Pronotum less convex transversely than in the 2J-. 

 Mesonotum narrowed behind. Dorsum of epinotum long, barely 

 delimited from the declivity, the two faces forming a more or less 

 continuous oblique plane. Scale of petiole cuneiform, seen from the 

 side its outline forms an isosceles triangle, the base of which is 

 slightly convex and forms the anterior face, the posterior face being 

 as long as the ventral margin and longer than the anterior face. 

 Otherwise like the Qj.. 



The § minor resembles that of maculatus and some of its varieties, 

 but is easily distinguishable by the 5-dentate mandibles, the clypeus, 

 the thick scale and the subspatulate hairs on the posterior metatarsi. 



Ababis, S. W. Africa. (R. W. E. Tucker). 



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



