2.9. Pseudomyrma Natalensis ^HNS.

Female. Length 3 3/4 lines.-Reddish-yellow: the tips of the mandibles and the apex of the abdomen blackish. Head oblong-quadrate, the posterior angles rounded; eyes large and ovate, placed on each side of the head, a little behind the middle, of a pale ashy-grey. Thorax oblong; the anterior margin transverse or very slightly arched; the sides of the thorax nearly parallel; the metathorax convex and rounded behind. Abdomen: the first node petiolated, the petiole short, with a compressed tooth at the extreme base beneath, somewhat pear-shaped and flattened above; the second node subglobose.

Hab. Port Natal.