A Monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. 671 



§ minor, 7 mm. Head nearly one-third longer than wide, semi- 

 circular behind the eyes, parallel-sided in front of them. The eyes 

 occupy a little more than one-quarter of the sides, and are placed 

 just behind the middle. Clypeus arcuate in front, not lobed, carin- 

 ate. The scapes extend beyond the hind margin of the head by 

 half their length, and reach the pro-mesonotal suture. Mandibles 

 triangular, the basal margin nearly as long as the masticatory, 

 5-dentate, moderately shining, sparsely and finely punctured. Dorsum 

 of the epinotum about one and a half times longer than the decli- 

 vity, and merging gradually into the same. Scale of petiole cunei- 

 form, both faces feebly convex, the anterior shorter than the post- 

 erior, the dorsal edge trenchant. Sculpture of the head feeble. 

 Otherwise like the 2J.. 



Natal, 3,500 ft. (Haviland). ex Natal Museum coll. 



Types in my collection. 



C. REEVEI, n. sp. 



y major, 6-6*2 mm. Black, tarsi dark brown, mandibles dark 

 reddish brown. A very sparse, yellowish and erect pilosity on the 



Fig. 58. — C. reevei, n. sp. 



body ; pubescence very sparse, present only on the legs and anten- 

 nae. Slightly shining, the anterior four-fifths of the head dull. 

 Microscopically and transversely rugulose, the anterior half of the 

 head very finely and superficially reticulate, somewhat more strongly 



