Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. Author Smith, F. text Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 1857 2 42 88 http://antbase.org/ants/publications/2588/2588.pdf journal article 2588 D09C3FFA-7EB5-4A2D-A55E-A3229619A2A2 1. Typhlatta laeviceps . T. niger, nitidus; capite, thorace antice et abdomine glaberrimis; antennis tarsisque rufo-piceis. Worker. Length 2 lines. Black; the head glassy-smooth and shining; ovate, with the posterior margin of the vertex truncate; in some examples, an indistinct castaneous spot at the sides of the head, in the usual situation of the eyes; the antennae ferruginous. Thorax elongate, compressed at the sides; very smooth and shining anteriorly, with a delicate striation in the middle, the metathorax being finely rugulose; the tarsi rufo-piceous. Abdomen: ovate, very smooth and shining; the nodes subglobose, the basal one being the smallest. Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).