Clark — Aicstralian Formicidae. 
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Pygidiuni truncate, submarginate, minutely spinulose on the sides 
and tip. Legs moderately long and stout. 
Hab.: New South Wales, Lismore (C. F. Deuquet) . 
Described from two specimens collected by my friend Mr. 
Deuquet in the scrub near Lismore. This s)>ecics is apparently 
near E. N. Froggatti Forol^ which I havei not seen, but from the* 
description of the latter it is very distinct. The colour distin- 
guishes it from all the other Australian species. 
Phyracaces reticulatus n.sp. (PI. VI, 2). 
W orker ; Length 3 . 5 — 4rnm . 
Red; antennae and tarsi testaceous. Hairs yellowish, short, 
erect, moderately abundant. A thin grayish pubescence on the 
antennae and legs. 
Shining. Head, thorax and petiole densely and finely reticu- 
late, the postpetiole and abdomen more coarsely reticulate-punctate. 
Head as long as broad, much broader behind than in front, the 
occipital border straight, the angles rounded. Frontal carinae 
erect, short, truncate behinri. Carinae of the cheeks forming a 
blunt angle in front, and extending back to the middle of the 
eyes. (Hyjieus short, broadly rounded, with a long tooth-like pro- 
jectioii in the middle in front. Eyes large, moderately convex, 
placed slightly in, front of the middle of tlie sides. No tiacef-i of ocelli. 
Mandibles large, strongly bent at their base, the external border 
convex, tlie terminal border strongly dentate: they are coarsely 
punctate-striate. Antennae robust, scapes extending to the 
fiosterior margin of the e.ves, graflually thickened to the apex; 
first joint of the funiculus as long as broad, the second to ninth 
broader than long, the tenth longer than broad, tlie apical joint 
pointed, as long as the four preceding joints together. Thorax 
barely one and one-half times longer than broad, as broad in 
front as behind, mesonutal sutures not indicated; anterior border 
of the proriotum convex, the angles rounded, posterior border of 
the epinotum nearly straight, with a slight indnition in the 
middle; in profile strongly rounded and convex above, the epinotal 
declivity sloping at a slight angle; all four sides of the dorsum and 
sides of the declivity strongly marginate. Node of the petiole 
twice as broad as long, as broad as the thorax, concave in front, 
the angles sharp, the sides and posterior border convex, the 
posterior angles produced as long sharp spines, directed inward 
and slightly upward, the anterior and lateral borders strongly 
marginate; in profile feebly rounded and convex above, the anterior 
face vertical; the ventral surface with a short blunt tooth in front. 
