2. Myrmica scabrosa ^HNS.

M. nigra; capite thoraceque scabrosis, metathorace bispinoso, abdomine ovato laevi.

Worker. Length 1 line. Black; the head, thorax, and nodes of the petiole roughened; the mandibles, flagellum and tarsi rufo-testaceous; the lateral angles of the prothorax acute, the sides narrowed slightly to the base of the metathorax, the spines on the latter acute; nodes of the petiole globose. Abdomen ovate, smooth and shining; club of the antennae 3 - jointed.

Hab. Aru.