34. Polyrhachis nitidus ^HNS. B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines.-Jet-black: smooth and shining; thorax ovate, the metathorax with two long acute spines; the peduncle quadrate, armed with two, long, curved, acute spines; the thorax rounded anteriorly; the truncation of the metathorax delicately transversely rugulose and shining; the anterior tibiae rufo-piceous in front; wings subhyaline, faintly tinted with yellow; the nervures ferruginous, the stigma brown. Abdomen subglobose, very smooth and shining.

Hab . Borneo (Sarawak).