550 
ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Myvmica kirlii, as observed by bim in Southern India. Proc. Linn. Soc. 
viii. pp. 100-102. 
Notes on the habits of the following known Australian species are given 
by Lowne (Entomol. ii.) : — Formica pu7'purea (Smith), p. 275 j F. conso- 
hrina (Erichs.) and F. mtrepida (Kirby), p. 277 ; and IP. erythrocepkala (Fab.), 
p. 278. Particular forms of the following species are also described: — F. 
ptupurea (Smith), cf, and F. 7iiyro-cenea (Smith), ^ , p. 277 j Polyrachis 
ummon (Smith) and P. latreilli, p. 333 j Poncra 7netallica (Smith), p. 331 j 
Myrmica lunyiceps (Smith), ibid, j Crematoyastcr Iceviceps (Siuith), p. 335 ; 
Myrmecia gulQsa (Fab.), ibid. ; and J/. 2 )yriformis, tat'sata, 2 a\di niyrocincta 
(Smith), p. 336 j and Oryptoceplialus puhcscens (Smith), ibid. 
m 
New genera and species : — 
{Formicides.) 
Foimiica aterrima, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 426, from the Colo- 
rado Territory. 
P'ormica {My)'meco 2 )sis) Q'espiciens, Smith, Proc. lann. Soc. viii. p. 68, pi. 4. 
fig. 3, fi’om New Guinea. Probably type of a new genus. 
Formica. The following new species of this genus from New South 
Wales are described by Lowne : — P\ smithiif Entom. ii. p. 276; P\ cencovirens, 
ibid. ; F. nitida, p. 277 ; I\ terebrans, p. 278 ; F. itinerans, ibid. ; F. I'ufoniyra, 
p. 279 ; P\ (jracilis, p. 280 ; F. 7nmuta, p. 331 ; F. pturpurescens, ibid. ; 
and F. inecpialis (sic), ibid. (Notes on the habits of P\ cencovirens, tei'chra^is, 
itinerans, parpm'escens, and inequalis accompany the descriptions.) 
Aca^itholepis tuberculatus, Lowne, 1. c. p. 332, A. mamillatus, Lowne, p. 333, 
and A. kirlii, Lowne, ibid., from New South Wales. 
Polyrachis hookeri and P. foveolatns, Lowne, 1. c. p. 334, from New South 
Wales. — P. 7ieptunus, Smith, 1. c. p. 69, pi. 4. fig. 2, from New Guinea. 
Camponokis nicobarensis, Mayr, 1. c. p. 31, pi. 1. fig. 1, from Nicobar and 
Burmah. 
Plagiolepis fallax, Mayr, 1. c. p. 64, and P. capensis, Mayr, 1. c. p. 55, from 
the Cape. 
h'idomyrmex jiavus, Mayr, /. c. p. 60, pi. 3. fig. 17, from Sydney. 
(P oner ides!) 
Ponera castanea, Mayr, 1. c. p. 69, from New Zealand. 
Ponera fei'ox. Smith, 1. c. p. 70, from Salwatty. 
Pachycondyla melancholica. Smith, 1. c. p. 71, from Morty. 
Anomma oTatica, Smith, 1. c. p. 71, from New Guinea. 
Sttmomyrmex Mayr, 1. c. p. 11, from the Gold Coast. 
[Dorylides.) 
Dorylus planifrons, Mayr, 1. c. p. 74, pi. 3, fig. 21, from the Cape ; D. cegy 2 )- 
tiaciis, Mayr, 1. c. p. 76, note, from Egypt. 
[Myrmicides.) 
Sericomyrmex, g. n., Ma)u*, Reise der Novara, Zool. Bd. ii. Abth. i, 
pp. 18 & 8.3. Allied to Atta', ^ frontal lamimo extending to posterior 
