19481 Donisthorpe — Strumigenys and Cephaloxys 79 
der widely V-sliaped, the furrow which separates it from 
the rest of the head rather deep ; frontal carince forming 
the upper border of a rather deeply hollowed scrobe 
above the eyes; eyes large, round oval, ocelli small; 
antennce six-jointed, fairly long; scape stout, curved, 
longer than the funiculus, very finely granulate, with a 
few adpressed short hairs on upper surface, anterior 
border with a row of longer and shorter not very close 
outstanding blunt spine-like hairs ; funiculus covered 
with close adpressed silvery hairs pointing forwards, last 
two joints long and broader than those preceding, last 
joint pointed and longer than the two preceding taken 
together. Thorax stout, convex, very finely granulate; 
pronotum furnished with a neck anteriorly, transverse, 
posterior border semicircular, embracing the mesonotum ; 
mesonotum large, prominent, about as long as broad, 
broadest just before base, posterior border almost 
straight, a very fine narrow suture separates it from 
prsescutellum ; prcescutellum narrow, transverse, almost 
flat, separated from scutellum by a broad rounded suture 
which is deeper than that separating it from mesonotum ; 
scutellum round oval, lozenge-shaped, transverse, some- 
what prominent; metanotum very narrow, transverse, 
situated beneath scutellum ; epinotum descending abruptly 
from beneath metanotum, armed with two short sharp 
teeth, space between the teeth somewhat hollowed out. 
Petiole with a long peduncle, and a node at apex rounded 
above and at sides, finely granulate ; post-petiole finely 
granulate, broader than node of petiole, broadest at apex, 
rounded above and at sides. A white spongiform sub- 
stance is present beneath the petiole and post-petiole and 
also along the junction between the petiole and post- 
petiole, and the post-petiole and gaster; gaster broadly 
oval, pointed at apex, broader in front than behind, 
broadest just before apex of first segment which is con- 
siderably longer than the rest of the gaster and very 
finely longitudinally striate. Rest of segments smooth 
and shining. Legs rather long, clothed with long decum- 
bent glittering scale-like hairs. Long. 5 mm. 
Redescription of F. Smith’s type of Strumigenys man- 
