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MR. F. SMITH ON HYMENOPTEROUS INSECTS 



2. Myrmica pedestris. M. fusco-nigra ; capite thoraceque longitu- 

 dinaliter striatis ; an tennis pedibusque ferrugineis ; abdomine laevi, 

 nitidissimo. 



Female. Length 3 lines. Nigro-fuscous ; the head and thorax longitu- 

 dinally striated, the striae formed of rows of confluent punctures, the 

 punctures finer on the head than on the thorax ; the antennae, anterior 

 margin of the head and the mandibles ferruginous, the legs ferrugi- 

 nous. The thorax transverse anteriorly ; a narrow smooth shining 

 im punctate line runs down the middle ; the metathorax unarmed. 

 Abdomen oblong-ovate, smooth, shining, and delicately punctured ; the 

 nodes of the peduncle smooth and im punctate, the first oblong, the 

 second globose. 



Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



3. Myrmica ruficeps. M. fusco -nigra; capite ferrugineo et longi- 

 tudinaliter striato, thorace supra striato ; abdomine laevi, nitidissimo. 



Female. Length 4 lines. Black, the head red with a space behind the 

 insertion of the antennae regularly striated longitudinally, extending 

 to the posterior margin ; on each side of the striation the head is ru- 

 gose ; the mandibles stout, smooth and shining, with their inner mar- 

 gin black, smooth, and edentate ; flagellum 12-jointed, the club 3- 

 jointed. Thorax, the disk longitudinally striated, the scutellum 

 smooth and shining, with a few transverse striae behind ; the meta- 

 thorax with two short stout teeth ; the tarsi and articulations of the 

 legs pale rufo-testaceous. The petiole of the abdomen ferruginous, 

 the nodes black, the first globose, the second transverse. Abdomen 

 ovate, black, smooth, and shining. 



Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



4. Myrmica fuscipennis. M. ferruginea; capite thoraceque pro- 

 funde punctatis ; alis nigro-fuscis. 



Female. Length 3 lines. Ferruginous, the head and thorax covered 

 with large oblong punctures, the punctures occasionally confluent ; 

 the mandibles finely striated longitudinally, their inner margin fur- 

 nished with a row of small black teeth ; the joints of the antennas, 

 except the three apical ones, transverse ; the apical joint longest, but 

 not forming a club. Thorax, the metathorax with two short acute 

 teeth ; wings dark fuscous. Abdomen very smooth and shining, and 

 much paler than the head and thorax. 



Hub. Celebes (Tondano). 



5. Myrmica pkrtjnax. M. rufo-fusca, nitida, sparse pilosa ; capite 

 Longitudinaliter striato; metathorace mutico. 



Worker. Length 1 i 2 lines. Rufo-fuscous, tin: head darker than the 

 the body ; the anterior portion of the head and the antennae bright 

 rufo-ferruginous. The thorax smooth and shining, with a few fine 

 punctures, the base and apex of the femora pale in some of the 

 larger and darker examples ; the ahdoinen pale at the base, the ex- 



