Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key. Author Smith, F. text Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 1859 3 132 158 http://antbase.org/ants/publications/10342/10342.pdf journal article 10342 03D4C4E8-74F9-42F2-8FD1-00A6DC22903A 1. Priocnemis pulcherrimus . P. laete ruber; alis flavo-hyalinis, apice late fusco, abdominis lateribus nigris. Female. Length 7 1 / 2 lines. Bright red; the anterior margin of the clypeus with a minute tooth in the centre; the tips of the mandibles fuscous. The metathorax slightly striated transversely, and with a central as well as a lateral longitudinal groove; the wings flavo-hyaline, their apex with a fuscous cloud, which commences at the base of the first discoidal cell, the extreme tips pale; the tibiae and tarsi with short slender spines; the extreme apex of the joints of the posterior tarsi black. Abdomen: the short petiole of the basal segment, and the sides of the second, third, and fourth segments black, leaving a red line down the middle of each; beneath, the second, third, and base of the fourth segments black. Hab. Aru .