PART VII. — FORMICIDAE. 
By Prof. A, Forel, of Chigny. 
Pp. 263-310. 
The collection contains 68 species. The author has also 
enumerated those species from S.W. Australia, which are not 
represented in this collection. 
SuKFamily Ponerinae. 
Amblyopone australis (Erichs). — Bridgetown, Boyanup, Yalling- 
up. Distributed throughout the whole of Aus- 
tralia. 
„ michaelseni, n. sp. — Jarrahdale. 
Myrmecia vindex (Smith). — Guildford, Fremantle, Serpentine, 
Bridgetown, Torbay. M. nigriceps, var. ferruginea 
(Mayr.) is identical with the typical form of this 
species. 
,, vindex, var. nigriceps (Mayr.). — Jarrahdale, Boyanup, 
Gooseberry Hill, Broome Hill, King River. 
,, vindex, var. basirufa, n. var. — .N of Subaico. 
,, forficata (F.), subsp. simillima (Smith). — Boorabbin. 
Distributed over Tasmania and South Australia. 
M. affinis (Mayr) is identical with this form. 
,, nigriscapa (Roger). — Bunbury. Widely distributed 
throughout Australia. 
,, sanguined (Smith). — Albany. Recorded from S. Aus- 
tralia. 
,, picta (Smith). — N. of Subiaco. Already recorded from 
Fremantle and from Queensland. 
„ picta, var. nigra, n. var. — East Fremantle. 
„ picta, var. infima (Forel.). — Not present in the collec- 
tion, is recorded from Perth. 
,, chasei (Forel). — Guildford. Formerly recorded from 
Perth. 
„ michaelseni, n. sp. — King River, N.E. of Albany. 
„ fulvipes (Roger). — A variety not present in the collec- 
tion, is recorded from King George’s Sound. 
Ectatomma ( Rhytidoponera ) punctatum (Smith). — East Fremantle. 
Jarrahdale. Specimens from Fremantle are in the 
author’s collection. Smith’s specimens are from 
Port Lincoln, South Australia. 
,. punctatum, subsp. aciculatum (Smith). — Yalgoo. The 
type is from the Hunter River, New South Wales. 
„ mayri (Emery), subsp. glabrius, n. subsp. — Day 
Dawn, Yalgoo. 
„ convexum (Mayr.). subsp. violaceum, n. subsp. — Nor- 
thampton, Eradu, Wooroloo, Lion Mill, Mundaring 
Weir, South Perth, N. of Subiaco, Jarrahdale, 
York. The typical form of this species is found in 
Queensland. 
