Worker, length l- 3 rd of an inch; head oblong, notched behind, advanced anteriorly; jaws triangular, strongly toothed; antenna thickened at the tip; eyes somewhat anterior, moderately large; thorax slightly grooved; abdominal pedicle pointed, thin; abdomen oval colour dingy black.
I have only procured this Ant once in Malabar and know no-thing of its habits.
Ponera affinis, Jerdon , Madr. Journ. Lit. & Sci. 118; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. 102 (1854).
Hab. Malabar.
