8. Formica mutilata ^HNS.

F. nigra; capite oblongo, truncato antice et sanguineo, antennis tarsisque rufo-testaceis.

Worker. Length 2 3 / 4 lines. Black and shining; the head truncate anteriorly, the antennae inserted wide apart, about the middle, the face blood-red before their insertion and deeply striated longitudinally, behind the antennae the head is black, smooth, and shining; the eyes ovate and placed backwards on the sides of the head. Thorax rounded in front and strangulated between the meso- and metathorax, the latter obliquely truncate; legs rather short and stout, the femora compressed, the anterior pair broadly dilated, the base and apex of the femora, the tibiae, and tarsi rufo-testaceous, the tibiae with a darker stain behind. Abdomen oblong-ovate, the apical margins of the segments narrowly pale testaceous; the scale of the petiole compressed, with its superior margin rounded.

Hab. Aru.

This is a very singular insect in many respects, and closely resembles in form the Formica truncata ^HNS of Spinola.