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Thynnide. 
32. Rhagigaster novare. 
Rhagigaster novare, Saussure, Reise d. Novara, Hym., p. 112; 
(1867). 
New Zealand (Saussure). 
HETEROGYNA. 
Formicide. 
33. Formica advena. 
Formica advena, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3),i., p. 53 (1862). 
Port Lyttleton, (Smith). 
Female—Fuscous-yellow, shining, covered with a thin fine 
cinereous pubescent pile ; the flagellum slightly fuscous, with the 
tip pale ; the anterior portion of the head and the mandibles paler 
than the vertex ; the mandibles with fine acute teeth; a central 
impressed line runs upward from the clypeus to the middle of the 
vertex, terminating at the anterior ocellus; the ocelli minute. 
Thorax ovate. Abdomen fuscous, the scale of the peduncle in- 
crassate, its superior margin rounded. Length 2 lines. 
Worker, 1% lines. In general colouring like the female, but 
paler, the thorax being pale testaceous like the legs. 
34. Formica zealandica. 
Formica zealandica, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p.6. 
— Otago (Hutton)—B.M. 
_ Ponerida. 
35. Ponera castanea. 
Ponera castanea. Mayr, Reise d. Novara, Form., p. 69, (1865) 
Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc., 1879, p. 489. 
Auckland (Mayr); Tairua, near Mercury Bay, North Island 
(Broun).—B.M. . 
36. Amblyopone cephalotes. 
Amblyopone cephalotes, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc., 1876, p. 490. 
Auckland (Lawson).—B.M. 
Myrmicide. 
37. Orectognathus antennatus. 
Orectognathus antennatus, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. (2), il, p. 
228, pl. xxi, fig. 9, (1854). 
New Zealand.—B.M. 
38. Orectognathus perplexus. 
Orectognathus perplexus, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1876, p- 491. 
Tairua, (Broun).—B.M. 
