Polyrhachis carinatus

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 71

45. Polyrhachis carinatus . Pl. IV. figs. 48,49. B.M.

Formica carinata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 413. 71.

St. Farg. Hym. i. 220. 28.

Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. & Sc. (1851) 126; Ann. & Mag.

Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. xiii. 109.

Hab. New Caledonia; W. Africa; Port Natal.

This insect is very probably the worker of P. militaris ; and possibly the carinatus of Fabricius may not be identical; in every particular it agrees with the description, but has in addition a short tooth at the base of the spines on the node of the peduncle; but this might very easily have been overlooked.