. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. MANN: ANTS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS. 419 as long, narrowed and rounded above, with convex anterior and flat posterior surfaces. Legs long and slender. Shining throughout. Mandibles with a row of fine punctures parallel to edge of blade. Head and body very finely punctate. Pubescence of head and thorax fine, short, and erect, that of gaster more abundant, longer, and recumbent. Erect hairs fine, short, and exceedingly sparse. Reddish brown, antennae and legs fighter. \iu Levu: XadariAatu. (Type-locality). Ovalau: Levuka. Oc
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. MANN: ANTS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS. 419 as long, narrowed and rounded above, with convex anterior and flat posterior surfaces. Legs long and slender. Shining throughout. Mandibles with a row of fine punctures parallel to edge of blade. Head and body very finely punctate. Pubescence of head and thorax fine, short, and erect, that of gaster more abundant, longer, and recumbent. Erect hairs fine, short, and exceedingly sparse. Reddish brown, antennae and legs fighter. \iu Levu: XadariAatu. (Type-locality). Ovalau: Levuka. Occurs in small colonies beneath stones and in rotten wood. Resembles P. kalakauae Forel from Hawaii. Type.— M. C. 8,689. The two species may be distinguished as follows:— Z. First funicular joint as long as the three foUowing joints together. Eyes composed of 7-8 facets. Base of epinotum broader behind than in front, ^lesonotum nearly as long as pronotum kalakauae Forel. First funicular joint not as long as the three foUowing together. Ej-es of Ar-o facets. Mesonotum barely more than half as long as pronotum. Base of epinotum as broad in front as behind. Petiole higher moJiticola Mann. 12. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) letilae, sp. nov. Fig. 6. Worker. Length 6-7 mm. Head a little longer than broad, slightly broadest in front, posterior corners broadly rounded, occipital border nearly straight. ]\Iandibles slender, with. Fig. 6.— Leptogenys (Lobopelta) letilae Mann, petiole. W orker. Lateral view of thorax and the apical and basal borders rounding into each other, the former edentate and slightly concave. Ch-peus flattened apicaUy, projecting and narrowly rounded at middle of apical border, with a deficate projecting spine; the median carina strong and acute at basal half and becoming feebler apicaUy. Antennae slender, their scapes surpassing occipital corners by nearly one fourth of their. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been di
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