Podomyrma levifrons

3. Podomyrma levifrons.

P. obscure ferruginea; capite abdomineque l oe vissimis lucidisque; thorace longitudinaliter striato; femoribus medio valde incrassatis, basi tenuissimis.

Worker. Length 2 1 / 2 lines. Head and abdomen smooth, shining black, in some " examples fusco-ferruginous; the antennae, legs, and thorax ferruginous, the latter longitudinally striated; the thorax margined at the sides, the disk slightly convex, the anterior margin slightly rounded, with the lateral angles armed with short acute spines, the thorax deeply strangulated posteriorly, the metathorax not spined; the femora thickly swollen in the middle and very slender at thenbase and apex. Abdomen ovate, the first node of the petiole oblong, the second globose.

Hab. Aru.

There is considerable variation in intensity of colouring in examples of this species, the thorax and legs being sometimes pale ferruginous; in the specimen described they are dark; every shade of gradation occurs in different individuals.