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than the petiole, nearly as long as broad, with rounded anterior 
corners and straight subparallel sides, not constricted behind; in profde 
it is rounded above and somewhat flattened below. Gaster regularly 
elliptical, not truncated in front, nearly as large as the head. Legs 
very stout; tibise and especially the femora incrassated; middle and 
hind tibise without spurs. 
Mandibles rather coarsely striato-punctate. Head longitudinally 
rugose, with two smooth bands extending from the antennal fovea 
nearly to the posterior border and foreshadowing scrobe-like depressions 
for the antennal scapes. Thorax, petiole and postpetiole longitudinally 
rugose, but more irregularly and vermiculately than the head. Gaster 
and legs smooth. 
Hairs short, slender, erect, moderately abundant both on the 
body and legs. 
Color black or deep reddish brown througbout. 
I had not seen Mayr’s type of this ant when I published the 
figure of Propodomyrma samlandica in my book and was rnisled by 
Mayr’s figure (PI. IV Fig. 80), which is far from being an adequate 
drawing of this species, as the petiole and thorax are incorrectly 
represented and the incrassation of the femora and tibiae is not 
shown. In the figure of the antenna (Fig. 81), moreover, the 
3-jointed club is not distinctly marked off as it is in the specimen. 
Mayr was in error in placing the species in the genus Macromischa. 
It evidently belongs in the group of paleotropical genera eomprising 
Vollenhovia , Podomyrma, Stereomyrmex , Dacryon and Atopomyrmex, 
and seems to be most readily assignable to Vollenhovia , especially as 
this genus is known to contain at least one recent species [V. emeryi 
Wheeler of Japan) with dentate epinotum. 
Described from three specimens, the type (No. 198/3850), an 
unnumbered specimen in the Geolog. Inst. Koenigsberg Coli., and 
a beautifully preserved specimen (K 904) in the Klebs Coli. All are 
in an admirable position, the last being red, the former black in color with 
the sculpture very distinct, The figure is drawn from Klebs’ specimen. 
Vollenhovia prisca (Ern. Andre). 
Macromischa? prisca Ern. Andre, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, XX, 1895, p. 83 ^ ; 
Handlirsch, Foss. Iosekt. 1908, p. 876. 
The species described by Ern. Andre as Macromischa? prisca 
appears to be very similar to V. beyrichi. It is, however, somewhat larger 
(4,5 mm) and has 11-jointed antennse. The club is 3-jointed, but longer 
than the remainder of the funiculus and joints 6 and 7 are as long 
