11. Polyrhachis democles ^HNS.

P. niger, aureo-sericeo vestitus; tho-race ovato, metathorace spinis duabus brevibus obtusis; squama spinis duabus acutis armata. -

Female. Length 3 1 / 2 lines. Black, covered with golden pubescent pile, the head and thorax thinly so. The thorax ovate; the verge of the truncation of the metathorax notched, the lateral angles forming short blunt spines; the node of the peduncle with two acute short spines, and in the middle of its upper margin with a notch, the angles of which are slightly elevated, forming two minute teeth or spines; the abdomen globose; the legs black and shining. (Pl. I. fig. 9.)

Hab. Celebes (Tondano).