714 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Geneva Museum, a single specimen. This race almost merits specific 

 rank." 



This race is unknown to me in nature, but, judging by the descrip- 

 tion, it is astonishingly similar to C. Dofleini of the same author. 



C. Dofleini, Forel. (Plate IX, fig. 146). 



Sitzb. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., p. 291, S minor, 1911. 



£ (or 2J. ?), 9-10-2 mm. Black; mandibles and tarsi dark reddish 

 brown. Pubescence greyish white, decumbent, fairly long and sparse, 

 a little more plentiful on the head and sides of the thorax than else- 

 where. Pilosity greyish white, erect, slightly curly and abundant all 

 over, oblique on the legs. Dull, only the base of the abdomen very 

 slightly shining. Sculpture much coarser than in Mayri. Head and 

 pro-mesonotum very coarsely but evenly reticulate-punctate, epinotum 

 and node very coarsely reticulate-rugose, the bottom of the deep pits 

 between the rugae fairly shining. Abdomen reticulate-rugulose, 

 fairly finely so, but nevertheless more coarsely than in Mayri. Legs 

 and scapes reticulate, slightly shining, shallowly punctured. Head 

 subquadrate, about one-fifth longer than wide and about one-fifth 

 wider behind than in front, (much less narrowed in front than in 

 Mayri), the sides feebly convex, the posterior margin straight or 

 feebly convex, the posterior angles moderately rounded. Mandibles 

 with 5 or 6 teeth, shining and strongly punctured. Clypeus sub- 

 carinate, its anterior margin convex and bearing in the middle five 

 fairly sharp teeth which are as long as wide, the outermost teeth 

 smaller than the inner three. Scapes widened apically and strongly 

 flattened, extending beyond the hind margin of the head by about 

 one-sixth of their length. Thorax more elongate than in Mayri. 

 Pronotum only one-fourth wider than long in the middle ; pro- 

 mesonotal suture sharply defined. Mesonotum less narrowed behind 

 than in Mayri, as long as wide in front. Meso-epinotal suture very 

 deep and shining. Epinotum. seen from the side, almost hemi- 

 spherical ; seen from above, the dorsum is subquadrate, rounded at 

 the corners, a little wider behind than in front, and about one-fourth 

 to one-third longer than wide. The smooth declivity is concave from 

 above to below and only half as long as the dorsum. Node of petiole 

 subglobose, slightly wider behind than in front, as long as its greatest 

 width, seen from above, subcircular or ovate, convex above, the 

 anterior and posterior faces subvertical, the latter twice as high as 

 the anterior. Behind the node there is a distinct peduncle at least 



