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Fig. 1. Alate Female, Male, and Worker of Rhytidoponera metallica. 
Rhytidoponera inornata 
This species, also allied to R. metallica but normally, according 
to Brown (1958) having a range allopatric to it, is a typical resident 
of extreme southwestern Australia. Two colonies without typical 
queens were collected at Manjimup, West Australia, between Decem- 
ber 25 and 27, 1959, and housed in the usual glass modified Lubbock 
nests. As in the preceding instances, cocoons were removed at inter- 
vals after a suitable beginning period, opened and scored for sex and 
caste. The totals from the two colonies on each examination have 
been pooled. The results follow: 
