112. Formica vestita ^HNS. B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines.-Head and thorax rufo-fuscous; the head anteriorly, mandibles, antennae, cheeks, legs, and sides of the thorax, ferruginous; the head, thorax and abdomen covered with a fine silky pale golden down, changing, in different lights, in brilliancy; the head rather narrower than the thorax; the abdornen large, ovate, and wider than the thorax; scale of the peduncle small, ovate, and slightly marginate above.

Hab . Port Natal.