3. Myrmica ruficeps ^HNS

. M. fusco-nigra; capite ferrugineo et longi-tudinaliter striato, thorace supra striata; abdomine laevi, nitidissimo.

Female. Length 4 lines. Black, the head red with a space behind the insertion of the antennae regularly striated longitudinally, extending to the posterior margin; on each side of the striation the head is rugose; the mandibles stout, smooth and shining, with their inner margin black, smooth, and edentate; flagellum 12 - jointed, the club 3 - jointed. Thorax, the disk longitudinally striated, the scutellum smooth and shining, with a few transverse striae behind; the metathorax with two short stout teeth; the tarsi and articulations of the legs pale rufo-testaceous. The petiole of the abdomen ferruginous, the nodes black, the first globose, the second transverse. Abdomen ovate, black, smooth, and shining.

Hab. Celebes (Tondano).