2. Crematogaster elegans ^HNS.

C. pallide rufo-testaeeus; abdomine nigerrimo nitido; thorace bispinoso.

Worker. Length 3 / 4 line. Entirely pale rufo-testaceous, excepting the eyes and abdomen which are jet black; the nodes of the petiole pale, smooth, and shining. Head about the same width as the abdomen. The lateral angles of the anterior margin of the prothorax acute, the metathorax armed with two long acute spines. Abdomen heart-shaped, its apex acute.

Hab. Aru.