2. Myrmica pellucida ^HNS.

M. fusco-testacea; antennis pedibusque pallide testaceis, abdomine pellucido.

Worker, Length 1 1/4 line. Head and thorax dark fusco-testaceous; antennae and legs pale testaceous, nearly white; the divisions of the thorax distinctly marked, that between the meso- and meta-thorax rather deeply impressed; the abdomen of a transparent pale testaceous colour; the metathorax not spined.

Hab. Singapore.

Mr. Wallace, on a ticket attached to specimens of this insect, says, " House-ant: transparent abdomen: very active, but not destructive."