HORN EXPEDITION-HONEY ANTS. 
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^ ^Yorkel’ oiajor, similar in colour and sculpture, about the same length, 
.seven lines. Head twice as broad as thorax, arcuate behind, swelling out on the 
sides and longer than broad ; two distinct foveolets, the upper one including the 
lower ocellus and the lower between the antennai, and not one extended cleft as in 
the female; the apical tooth on the mandibles largest and curved inwards. Pro- 
notum ridged transversely and more swollen out on the sides; meso- and metanotum 
more elongated, rest as in previously-described female. 
^ Minor woi'ker, four lines, very slender in form, head antenna?, the femur 
and tarsi of the mid and hind legs, metathorax anti node reddish-brown, the rest 
of the legs, thorax, and lii’st segment (except apical margin), and the base of the 
others underneath black ; the rest of the abdomen brilliant golden yellow, with a 
few golden hairs at tip. Head elongated, i-ather broader than the thorax, rounded 
behind and rather straight on the sides ; jaws large, with the two teeth at tip 
much longer than female ; clypeus distinctly ridged in centre, mandibles covered 
with longish hairs; pronotuin long, slender, mesonotum rounded on summit, 
metanotum very small. Node long, rather cylindrical, swollen out towards the 
apex, but contracted at junction with abdomen, elongate oval. 
Illamurta, in the James Range. A line .series of this species was 
obtained by Mr. Oowle subsequently to the return of the Expedition. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXYTI. 
Figures 1—5. Camponotus cowlei. 
Fig. 1.—Honey ant worker. 
,, 2.—-Wing of female. 
,, 3.—Wing of male. 
,, 4.—Genitalia of male. 
,, 5.—Side view of abdomen of honey ant. 
Figures G—9. Camponotus midas. 
Fig. G.—Major worker. 
„ 7.—Minor worker. 
,, 8.—Fore-wing of female. 
,, 9.—Hind-wing of female. 
