Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. Author Smith, F. text 1858 British Museum London http://antbase.org/ants/publications/8127/8127.pdf book 8127 C86CFDBF-61D9-48EE-9C2E-325FC0462B10 80. Formica festina . B.M. Female. Length 9-10 lines.-Black and shining; thorax beneath, the metathorax, legs and petiole of the abdomen pale ferruginous; the abdomen piceous beneath. Head oblongquadrate, the mandibles and anterior margin of the face rufopiceous; the flagellum fulvous. Thorax: beneath, the sides, the metathorax and legs pale ferruginous; the scale subovate and emarginate above; the apical margins of the segments of the abdomen rufo-piceous; beneath entirely rufo-testaceous. Hab. Borneo (Sarawak); Java; China. Closely resembling the Formica ligniperda ; apparently the exotic form of that species.