Phrynoponera gabonensis variety umbrosa ^HNS, new variety

Worker.-Coloration like that of the variety esta, black throughout, the postpetiole and gastric segments with narrow brown posterior border. The sculpture of the gaster is that of the variety fecunda ^HNS.

Two specimens from Medje (Lang and Chapin) from the stomach of a toad (Bufo polycercus).