Clark — Australian Formicidae. 
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;»peeies, A. imbeUis. Forel^ was described from (Queensland, but 
occurs in South Australia. I have lately received examples 
which wcj-e collected at Feriitree Gully, Victoiua. The variety 
hikiris. Forel. was described also from Queensland. 
Sub-family MYKMICINAE. 
Pseudopodomyrma claxki Crawley. (Ph VI, 5, 5a). 
Eiit. Record, vol. XXXVII, No. 3^ p. 40-41, 1925 IVorker, 
Female: Length 5mm. (Ergatoid) . (Not previously described). 
Dark reddish brown; mandibles, clypeus, scapes, terminal 
joints of the aiiteiiiiae and legs testactous. Hairs yellowdsh. con- 
fined to the liead and apical segments of the gaster, particularly 
belo\v, where they are longer and more erect. Pubescence very fine 
and sparse. 
Head and thorax shining, petiole and abdomen opacpie. Man- 
dibles striate and wdth scattered punctures. Clypeus smooth and 
shining in the middle, finely and densely reticulate-punctate at 
the sides. Head densely covered with large, deep punctures, a 
faint longitudinal striation betw'een the frontal carinae. Pronotum 
with larger and coarser punctures, more scattered. Scutellum w’itli 
large shallow punctures, more numerous on the sides than on the 
middle. Mesonotum with a few small punctures. Punctures on 
the epinotum similar to those on the scutellum. First node densely 
and more closely punctured than the rest of the body; the post- 
petiole not quite so densely covered and the punctures more shallow’. 
Abdomen smooth, but with a microscopical reticulation. 
Head as long as broad, broader behind than in front, the 
occipital bordcj- straight, the sides convex, the occipital angles 
broadly rounded. Frontal carinae short, extending back about 
level w’ith the anterior margin of the eyes, wdde apart, sex)arated 
by fully their length behind; a moderately deep median impression 
between them extending to the occi 2 utal bordei’. Clyimus 2 >roduced, 
bilobed in the middle. Mandibles triangular, wdth moderately 
lai’ge teeth on the terminal border, apical j)oint long and sharp. 
Eyes small, flattened, placed behind the middle of the sides. No 
traces of ocelli- Antennae short, scapes extending only to the 
occipital third of the head, curved, and gradually thickened to the 
apex; first joint of 1 he funicnlns broader than long, second and 
third as broad as long, fourth to ninth broader than long, tenth 
as broad as long, rounded at the apex. Thorax one and three- 
quarters times loiigej' than broad, inucli broader through the pro- 
notuni than through the epinotum. rh'onotuin twice as broad as 
