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treme apex pale and pubescent. Smaller specimens are usually paler 

 than large ones. 

 Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



6. Myrmica vexator. M. pallide flavo-testacea, laevis, nitidissima ; 

 abdomine apice fusco-nigro. 



Worker. Length 1 line. Honey-yellow, very smooth and shining ; the 

 flagellum slightly fuscous towards the apex ; the eyes small and placed 

 forwards at the sides of the head ; the metathorax not spined ; the 

 abdomen fuscous with the base pale. 



Hab. Ternati. 



This species resembles the House-ant, M. molest a ; but it differs in 

 several particulars from that species ; its head is much larger, and it is 

 entirely smooth and shining. 



7. Myrmica insolens. M. testaceo-ferruginea, sparse pilosa ; capite 

 thoraceque longitudinaliter striatim rugosis ; metathorace spinis parvis 

 acutis armato. 



Worker. Length If line. Pale ferruginous ; the head and thorax 

 longitudinally, irregularly and roughly striated ; the eyes and ocelli 

 black j the antennae with three joints in the club ; the metathorax 

 with two straight acute spines, which are situated at the sides of the 

 truncation of the metathorax ; the abdomen smooth and shining. 



Hab. Menado. 



8. Myrmica opaca. M. nigra, opaca, delicatule scabrosa; pedibus 

 rufo-fuscis, tarsis pallide testaceis. 



Worker. Length 2 lines. Opake-black, the head, thorax and nodes of the 

 peduncle finely scabrous, on the head having a tendency to run into 

 lines; behind the eyes is a longitudinal groove, apparently for the 

 reception of the scape of the antennae ; the antennae obscurely ferru- 

 ginous with the tip pale ; the mandibles ferruginous, striated and 

 with several black teeth on their inner margin. Thorax armed pos- 

 teriorly with two stout curved spines ; the tarsi pale rufo-testaceous. 

 The nodes of the peduncle large and globose ; the abdomen thinly 

 sprinkled with erect white setae. 



Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



Gen. Cerapachys, Smith. 



1. Cerapachys antennatus, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 74. 1. 

 Hab. Celebes; Borneo. 



Gen. Crematogaster, Lund. 



1. Crematogaster ampullaris. C. rufo-niger ; capite thorace mul- 

 tum latiore ; parte postica thoracis dilatata ; abdomine cordato. 



Worker. Length 2 lines. Obscure fusco-ferruginous ; the antennae, 

 sides of the head, the nodes of the petiole, and the legs of a brighter 



