3. Amblyopone ferruginea ^HNS. B.M.

Worker. Length 2 lines.-Ferruginous: the head covered with a rugose punctate striation, the mandibles shorter and more bent than in A. australis ^HNS; the prothorax striated, the striae obscurely punctured; the meso- and metathorax smooth and shining; the node of the peduncle transverse, rounded or subglobose; the abdomen oblong, widest towards the apex, which is acute.

Hab. Melbourne.